440 Chap. 3.3. An Erpoftiorr upon the Bo&ef j o s. Verf. 26, ble enjoymentsand fruits of ir, or as toour apprehenfon of it And the Lord is fayd to returne toman the righteoufnefs of his juflification, not as if the grace it felfe were loft or taken away Nonemmable- from him, but becaufe the fight and fence of it,the fweetnefs and to jsjlitia red joyof it, the workings and etfefls of it having been loft, arenow dirurfed ubta- reflored CO him againe. When the Lord by,his Spirit gives the :t juílìtiefen- foule a cleareand £refh evidenceof it,or reneweth the teftime- fe. cot: ny of his Spirit with our fpirits,that ourfins are forgiven,and that weare juftified, beloved, andaccepted inChrist, then the Lord is fayd to render untoman his righteoufnefs ; otherwite, neither the faith, by which this righteoufnefs is applyed, nor the righte- oufnefs it felfe which is applyed to usby faith, is at any time loft or removed. Only inthis fence, as in many other Scriptures, fo in this, theLord is fayd to render unto manhis riahteoufnefs, both of fanirliflcation:andjuflification. For , when abeleever through fin bath blotted his own evidences, andGodbath left himunder thedarknefs of his own fpirit,for his negligent,unwatchfull .& un- worthywalking , or when the Lord hideth his face , to tryhim what he will doe, whetherhe will trufl in his name while he walk: eth in'áarhnefa and feeth no light , when, I fay, after withdrawings for either of thefe reafons.or forany other theLord gives him it a renewed evidence of his love,then he is fayd to renderante man his r,ghteni[nefs. It is in this cafe as with a man that labours un- der force firong and dangerous difeafe, which raked] away his fences, and leaves him halfe dead ; we fay, the man is gone, yet he recovers, his fpeech retornes, and his fptrits revive, and then we fay, his life is rendred to him, or he is brought back from the grave, we have fetched him again ; not that his life was quite takenaway (.for he was not a carkaffe h that condition, a body without a foule ) but his life was, for that time,withdrawne,there to was naappearance ofit, no fencible breathing, no motion, no vi- tali vifbleoperation. Thuswe may conceive what is meant by the rendring untoman his righteetefnefs, Hence tbferve. Firs,4 juflified perfon isa righteotuperfen. He hath aclothingof righteoufnefs ; that which We call his righteoufnefs, is not properly bur imptitedlyhis.It isnot a cloath- iig of his owne making, but made for him and bellowed freely upon
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