...own righteousness, and enabled him to fly for refuge to the hope set before him. Hence he counted all but loss, that he might win Christ, and be found in him. But nothing can be more to the purpose, than our Lord's conduct toward the self-righteous Phar. isees,...

...and to sue for mercy among the chief of sinners. This was particularly the case of Saul of Tarsus, who ' counted all things but loss that he might win Christ, and be found in him ; not having bis own righteousness, which was of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ,...

...be " made the righteousness of God in Christ" (Rom. iv. v. ; 2 Cor. v. 21); even as Paul counted all but loss, that he might win Christ, and be found in him — having the " righteousness of God by faith" (Phil. iii. 3 — 9). We are also justified as ungodly...

...guided by its maxims, and influenced by its motives, courting its smile, and fearing its frown : if he counted all things but loss, that he " might win Christ, and be found in Him, not having his own righteousness, but the righteousness which is of God by faith," you, on the other...

...enlightened views and unimpeachable integrity — all this, he was willing to sacrifice, and to count but loss, that he might win Christ and be found in him. Though dead he yet speaks to the living. His example admonishes the ambitious, that in his estimation...

....powerful minds, it is this. Every thing is in an unsettled state, and there are numerous and deep rooted errors to be rooted out. And above all other things,...did, who counted all things but loss that he might iv m Christ, and be found in him. USEFULNESS OF THE AHMS Had I not been deeply impressed with the importance...

...touching the righteousness which -is in the law, blameless, yet all these things he counted * Rom. z. 3. but loss, that he might win Christ, and be found in him, not having his own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ,...

...darkness — to surrender his beloved lusts — to " live soberly, righteously, and godly," " counting all things but loss that he might win Christ, and be found in him ?'' What, but the enlightening, softening, converting Almighty operation of the Spirit of God? It is...

...opposition and ridicule for his Master's dear name, and to count ail things which were once gain to him but loss, that he might win Christ, and be found in him, not having his "own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ,...

...unmoved by the scorn of a thoughtless world, or the persuasions and representations of his friends. He counted all things but loss, that he might win Christ, and be found in him. No eye but that which saw his heart knew of the conflict which filled him with the bitterest anguish,...