Robert Traill (The Lord's Prayer, John 17:24), Works 2:198:
How hard a thing do believers themselves find it to believe this firmly and constantly, – what a glorious representation Jesus Christ can make of such vile creatures as we be in ourselves, when he clothes us with his righteousness? It is no easy thing for a true Christian, when he is digging into the dunghill of his own heart, and loathing himself for all his abominations; at the same time to believe that he stands accepted before the throne of God, as found and seen in Christ, clothed with Christ’s garment of a spotless righteousness, that no fault can be found with, even at the highest tribunal, nor any condemnation can come from thence to the happy man that wears it. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, because it is God that justifieth all that believe on him, Rom. 8:1, 33, 34.
How hard a thing do believers themselves find it to believe this firmly and constantly, – what a glorious representation Jesus Christ can make of such vile creatures as we be in ourselves, when he clothes us with his righteousness? It is no easy thing for a true Christian, when he is digging into the dunghill of his own heart, and loathing himself for all his abominations; at the same time to believe that he stands accepted before the throne of God, as found and seen in Christ, clothed with Christ’s garment of a spotless righteousness, that no fault can be found with, even at the highest tribunal, nor any condemnation can come from thence to the happy man that wears it. There is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus, because it is God that justifieth all that believe on him, Rom. 8:1, 33, 34.
