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§. 4. Righteousness materially is, 1. in some or other particular Action,: 2. Or, in the main bent of Heart and Life: 3. Or, in Perfection. The first denominateth the Person Righteous in hoc, or secundum quid: The second denominateth him a sincerely Righteous Man: The third, a perfectly Righteous Man.

§. 5. In the notion of the material Cause, is included also the Comparative or Relative State and Proportion of Actions: When the Action is duly qualified and modified in its physical Nature and Circumstances, it is materially just.

§. 6. The form enquired of, is Quid morale? And it is the Relation of the Action, and Habit, and Person, as congruous to the justitia mensurans, ⟨p. 240⟩or the Rule of Righteousness. The Rule or Law first maketh jus vel debitum, and saith, This shall be your Duty, and your Neighbour's Due (and declareth God's Due:) And the jus being constituted by the Law (natural or positive) that which agreeth to it, is j•stum. So that Righteousness formally is a moral Relation resulting from the physical mode and relation of Actions and Habits, as compared with the Law or Rule. A moral Relation founded in a physical Congruity.