of his self-righteousness than myself. If any thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust i I more: circumcised the eighth day of th Israel of the tribe of Benjamin—an E the Hebrews; as touching the law, a phar cerning zeal, persecuting the church; to righteousness which is in the law, blameles among all these teachers, can say as muc for themselves; and none can say more. can all this avail a guilty sinnner, for his ju before God? True, I once thought as highly things as they now do, and as confidently expect heaven by my own righteousness. But, blessed he hath stripped me of my false hopes, and sh from my false foundation; and taught me to eternal all, on that only foundation which he in Zion. Here I see no room for boasting and and trusting in the flesh. The salvation of placed by God on quite another ground. what things were gain to me; or what I teemed gain to me, these I now count loss for yea, doubtless, and I count all things but loss, excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my for whom I have suffered the loss of all thing do count them but dung that I may win Chris What a proficient was Paul, in natural, cer and moral righteousness! Behold the man! H his claims! How well founded, as some might s his hopes of acceptance with God! He had been pocrite; however ignorantly he might have act was sincere. But when his eyes were opened; w was brought to the knowledge of the truth as it is sus; see him casting away all his former grou |