Chap. 2 r. Ejn Expofition uppsa the Bock of ] o is. Verf. rg. 527 oufne[; ; as a Bridegroom decketh him/elf with ornaments, andas a Bride arayeth her fe/f with her Jewell.r. Blcflcd ace they who are thus cloatbed, for they hail never be found - naked. 3-ob had put on this rightcoufnefs, the righreaufnefs of his perfon by believ- ing, but this is not the, righ teoumefs here intended. Secondly, There is the righteoufnefs of our ac`lions, and that, firfl,'re- fpeaing God. Secondly, refpef ing man. Piety is the former righteoufnefs, and equity is the latter. This latter is the righter oufnefs which Job in this place p.ofeffeth he had put on. Yet further, this righteoufnefs of ouraalrons, confifling in equity to wards man, may fall under a twofold confideration. First, as we are confidered in our private Ration, and thus every honefl man puts on righteoufnefs in all his dealings and tranfaFtions with man, Let no van ¿cfrared, or go beyond tom brother in Any matter, becaufe that the Lord is the avenger ofallfuch , faith the Apoflic, (i Thef. q.. 6,) Secondly, there is a r ighteoufnefs ofour :&ions cowards mar, as we are confidered in our publick Marion; and this is it which fob moil diCtioc`lly and fpecially means io this texr. He in all his a&ings as a Magiflrare, or a man in authority, fought to doe all men. right. For righreoul oafs '(in the fence now under hand) is nothing elfe but thegivingof every man bis right, and the protraing of every man in his right. And if any fhould ask, when hash every man his right given and done to him tl anfwer,wöen,that is given and done to hirn,which is according to law. That King/put the queflion right, as to matters of righreoufnefs, who asks his wife men or Judges, What fhall we do unto the Qum Vafihi according to Law ? For as the Apotile argues in reference to God, fo may E. a.15.; we much more in reference to maci,Where there is no Law,there is no trànfgreffion (Rom. 1. z5,) I may fay alfo, where there is no Law,there is no pofleflion. Law and tighteoufnefs are fo needy related, That the Latine word for right oufoefs fercheth its pedi- 7ufht;anomen grec from a word ia that language lignifying Lan. Such a legal habeca purr. procedure and fentence fobhere intendeth, when he faith, /put on righteoufnefo; and what did righreoufnefs for him ? Thenext words Tell us what. 'And it cloatbed me. The fame word is rendered in the former clauiie, Ipast on, and, cloathed me, in the latter. .Alifhe had Paid, ¡put on righteoufnefs, and
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