A plea for the Godly

Doctrine. He who is truly righteous is far more excellent than any ¹wicked person in the world whatsoever. I say [truly righteous] to exclude the Hypocrite, who hath [Greek or Hebrew] a Form, ^*and slight tincture of ^*piety, but knows not the grace of God in truth, Col. 1. 6. He hath nothing of religion but the name, Rev. 3. 1. and religion often suffers by him: But he ⟨p. 6⟩who is really righteous, is the excellent person, and hath a superiority to all others, I Sam. 15. 28.

Doctrine. He who is truly righteous is far more excellent than any ¹wicked person in the world whatsoever. I say [truly righteous] to exclude the Hypocrite, who hath 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 a Form, ^*and slight tincture of ^*piety, but knows not the grace of God in truth, Col. 1. 6. He hath nothing of religion but the name, Rev. 3. 1. and religion often suffers by him: But he ⟨p. 6⟩who is really righteous, is the excellent person, and hath a superiority to all others,