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Thirdly, This righteousness of Christ presents us perfectly righteous in the sight of God. It is that pure, fine, white linen garment, whereby our nakedness is covered before the face of God. And to her was granted (that is to the Lambs wife) that she should be arrayed in fine linen, ¹clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of Saints, or the righteousnesses or justifications of Saints;² for the Greek is plural. Some by righteousnesses understand the righteousness of Christ imputed, and the righteousness of Christ imparted; but I rather close with those who say it is an Hebraism, the plural righteousnesses, noting that most perfect, complete, absolute righteousness which Christ is pleased to put upon his people. Upon the account of this righteousness of Christ, the Church is said to be without spot or wrinkle,³ and to be all fair. Thou art all fair my love, ⁴there is no spot in thee. And to be complete. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality •nd power. ⁵And to be without fault. They are without fault before the throne of God. And so Col. 1.21. And to present us holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable in the sight of God. But,

Thirdly, This righteousness of Christ presents us perfectly righteous in the sight of God. It is that pure, fine, white linnen garment, whereby our nakedness is covered before the face of God. And to her was granted (that is to the Lambs wife) that she should be arrayed in fine linnen, ¹clean and white; for the fine linnen is the righteousness of Saints, or the righteousnesses or justifications of Saints;² for the Greek is plural. Some by righteousnesses understand the righteousness of Christ imputed, and the righteousness of Christ imparted; but I rather close with those who say it is an Hebraism, the plural righteousnesses, noting that most perfect, compleat, absolute righteousness which Christ is pleased to put upon his people. Upon the account of this righteousness of Christ, the Church is said to be without spot or wrinkle,³ and to be all fair. Thou art all fair my love, ⁴there is no spot in thee. And to be compleat. And ye are compleat in him, which is the head of all principality •nd power. ⁵And to be without fault. They are without fault before the throne of God. And so Col. 1.21. And to present us holy, and unblamable, and unreprovable in the sight of God. But,

1Rev. 19.8.
2[Greek or Hebrew].〈non-Latin alphabet〉.
3Eph. 5.27.
4Cant. 4.7. Col. 2.10.
5Rev. 14.5.

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The third Royal Fort, that Christians should have their §3eyes, their hearts fixed upon, whether their graces or gracious evidences sparkle and shine, or are obscured and clouded, is the Covenant of grace. The Covenant of grace is a new compact or agreement which God hath made with sinful man out of his own mere mercy and grace,¹ wherein he undertakes both for himself and for fallen man, & wherein he engages himself to make fallen man everlastingly happy. All mankind had been eternally lost, and God had lost all the glory of his mercy for ever, had he not of his own free-grace and mercy made such an agreement with sinful man. This Covenant is called a Covenant of grace, because it flows from the mere grace and mercy of God. There was nothing out of God, nor nothing in God, but his mere mercy and grace that moved him to enter into Covenant with poor sinners. In the ⟨p. 364⟩Covenant of grace there are two things considerable, First, the Covenant that God makes for himself to us, which consists of these Branches; 1. That he will be our God. 2. That he will give us a new heart, a new spirit. 3. That he will not turn away his face from us from doing of us good. 4. That he will put his fear into our hearts. 5. That he will cleanse us from all our filthiness, and from all our Idols. 6. That he will rejoice over us to do us good. Secondly, here is the Covenant which God doth make for us to himself, which consists in these things; 1. That we shall be his people. 2. That we shall fear him for ever. 3. That we shall walk in his Statutes, keep his Judgments and do them. 4. That we shall not depart from him. Upon many accounts I may not enlarge on these things; but by these short hints 'tis evident, that the Covenant of grace is an entire Covenant made by God, both for himself and for us. O Sirs! in the Covenant of grace God stands engaged to give whatsoever he requires.

The third Royal Fort, that Christians should have their §3eyes, their hearts fixed upon, whether their graces or gracious evidences sparkle and shine, or are obscured and clouded, is the Covenant of grace. The Covenant of grace is a new compact or agreement which God hath made with sinful man out of his own meer mercy and grace,¹ wherein he undertakes both for himself and for faln man, & wherein he engages himself to make faln man everlastingly happy. All mankind had been eternally lost, and God had lost all the glory of his mercy for ever, had he not of his own free-grace and mercy made such an agreement with sinful man. This Covenant is called a Covenant of grace, because it flows from the meer grace and mercy of God. There was nothing out of God, nor nothing in God, but his meer mercy and grace that moved him to enter into Covenant with poor sinners. In the ⟨p. 364⟩Covenant of grace there are two things considerable, First, the Covenant that God makes for himself to us, which consists of these Branches; 1. That he will be our God. 2. That he will give us a new heart, a new spirit. 3. That he will not turn away his face from us from doing of us good. 4. That he will put his fear into our hearts. 5. That he will cleanse us from all our filthiness, and from all our Idols. 6. That he will rejoyce over us to do us good. Secondly, here is the Covenant which God doth make for us to himself, which consists in these things; 1. That we shall be his people. 2. That we shall fear him for ever. 3. That we shall walk in his Statutes, keep his Judgments and do them. 4. That we shall not depart from him. Upon many accounts I may not enlarge on these things; but by these short hints 'tis evident, that the Covenant of grace is an entire Covenant made by God, both for himself and for us. O Sirs! in the Covenant of grace God stands engaged to give whatsoever he requires.

1Deut. 4.23. Isa. 55.3 . & 54.7, 8, 9, 10. Jer. 31.31. Psal. 50.5, &c. Hos. 14.4. Tit. 3.6. Eph. 1.5, 6, 7. Chap. 2.5 7, 8. Rom. 9.18, 23. Jer. 32.38, 39, 40, 41. Ezek. 36.25, 26, 27.

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Eleventhly, He has commanded his people to loath their sins, and to loath themselves for their sins, Psal. 97.10. Ye that love the Lord hate evil. Rom. 12.9. Abhor that which is evil. And the Lord has promised and engaged himself to give them such a frame of spirit, Ezek. 36.13. Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loath your selves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your abominations. Ezek. 6.9. And they that escape of you shall remember me among the Nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes which go a whoring after their Idols, and they shall loath themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. Ezek. 20.43. And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings wherein you have been defiled, and ye shall loath your selves in your own sight, for all your evils that ye have committed. But,

Eleventhly, He has commanded his people to loath their sins, and to loath themselves for their sins, Psal. 97.10. Ye that love the Lord hate evil. Rom. 12.9. Abhor that which is evil. And the Lord has promised and engaged himself to give them such a frame of spirit, Ezek. 36.13. Then shall ye remember your own evil wayes, and your doings that were not good, and shall loath your selves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your abominations. Ezek. 6.9. And they that escape of you shall remember me among the Nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes which go a whoring after their Idols, and they shall loath themselves for the evils which they have commited in all their abominations. Ezek. 20.43. And there shall ye remember your wayes, and all your doings wherein you have been defiled, and ye shall loath your selves in your own sight, for all your evils that ye have committed. But,