As none but Jesus could ever make appeal in the justice of his cause, so it is blessed to discover him in this sweet prayer. Reader, you and I may, in his righteousness, look up to that God, who is and can be just, and the Justifier of every poor sinner that believeth in Jesus. To the throne we may, and indeed we are commanded to come, that the sentence of our justification in Jesus may come forth. God hath found no iniquity in our glorious Surety; and, therefore, the sweetest, and strongest, and best of all prayers are those which the poor believer in Jesus puts up, when he tells God, that the life of Jesus was perfect, and his nature wholly free from taint or shadow of sin. Precious Lamb of God! what unanswerable arguments may the souls of thy redeemed find in this holiness of thine as our Surety! And what can a sinner tell Jehovah, so pleasing to him, as when he follows up the gracious voice and proclamation from heaven, in which the Father said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; and saith, Lord! I am well pleased too in Jesus and his justifying righteousness, and am now come for acceptance in the beloved!
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Psalms 17:1-3
1 Hear the right,a O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.