6. The holy Scripture frequently calls it Righteousness, and calls all true penitent Believers, and all that sincerely obey Christ, [righteous] because of these qualifications (supposing pardon of sin, and merit of Glory by Christ for us:) therefore we may and must so call them, Mat. 25.37, 46. Then shall the righteous answer—but the righteous into life eternal, Mat. 10.41. He that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous mans reward. Heb. 11.4. By faith Abel offered, — by which he obtained witnest that he was ⟨p. 268⟩righteous, God testifying of his Gifts. 1 Pet. 3.12. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous.—1 John 3.7. He that doth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. Isa. 3.10. Say •o the righteous it shall be well with him. Psal. 1.5, 6. Mat. 5.6, •0. An enemy to the faith, is called an enemy of righteousness. Acts 13.10. 2 Pet. 2.21. 1 John 2.29. and 3.10. Gen. 15.6. And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Psal. 106.31. Rom. 43.5. His faith is counted for righteousness. ver. 9. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. ver 22, 24. Therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him, but for us also to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. So Jam. 2.23. Gal. 3.6. If any say that by [Faith] in all these Texts is meant Christs righteousness, and not Faith, I will believe them when I take Scripture to be intelligible only by them, and that God did not write it to have it understood. But that Faith is imputed or accounted to us for Righteousness in a sense merely subordinate to Christs righteousness, by which we are justified, I easily grant. As to Satisfaction and Merit we have no righteousness but Christs, but a Covenant and Law we are still under, and not redeemed to be lawless: and this Covenant is ordained as the way of making over Christ and his meritorious righteousness, and life to us: and therefore they being given or made over on Covenant-terms, there is a personal performance of the conditions necessary: and so that personal performance is all the righteousness inherent or propiae actionis, that God requireth of us now, whereas by the first Covenant perfect Obedience was required as necessary to life.
6. The holy Scripture frequently calls it Righteousness, and calls all true penitent Believers, and all that sincerely obey Christ, [righteous] because of these qualifications (supposing pardon of sin, and merit of Glory by Christ for us:) therefore we may and must so call them, Mat. 25.37, 46. Then shall the righteous answer—but the righteous into life eternal, Mat. 10.41. He that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous mans reward. Heb. 11.4. By faith Abel offered, — by which he obtained witnest that he was ⟨p. 268⟩righteous, God testifying of his Gifts. 1 Pet. 3.12. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous.—1 John 3.7. He that doth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. Isa. 3.10. Say •o the righteous it shall be well with him. Psal. 1.5, 6. Mat. 5.6, •0. An enemy to the faith, is called an enemy of righteousness. Acts 13.10. 2 Pet. 2.21. 1 John 2.29. and 3.10. Gen. 15.6. And he believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Psal. 106.31. Rom. 43.5. His faith is counted for righteousness. ver. 9. Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. ver 22, 24. Therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him, but for us also to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. So
