represents us: and God deals with us as represented by Him. Righteousness within will follow necessarily and inseparably: but we are not to wait in order to get it before going to God for the righteousness of His only begotten Son. Imputed righteousness must come first. You cannot have the righteousness within till you have the righteousness without; and to make your own righteousness the price which you give to God for that of His Son, is to dishonour Christ, and to deny His cross. The Spirit’s