The truly blessed man

1. The Righteous: the word signifieth one that is just, whether habitually or actually; and is frequently used for one that is so in Law; he is a righteous man, whom the Law upon trial declares to be so; this title is in this regard given to every Justified person, whether he be so on account of his personal righteousness, or that of another imputed to him, for, let the man have been never so unjust in himself, yet if another's righteousness be accepted for, and imputed to him, he is just in a Law respect; and thus it is here to be taken, for it points to the same man who is described, in verse 1, 2.

1. The Righteous: the word signifieth one that is just, whether habitually or actually; and is frequently used for one that is so in Law; he is a righteous man, whom the Law upon trial declares to be so; this title is in this regard given to every Justified person, whether he be so on account of his personal righteousness, or that of another imputed to him, for, let the man have been never so unjust in himself, yet if anothers righteousness be accepted for, and imputed to him, he is just in a Law respect; and thus it is here to be taken, for it points to the same man who is described, in verse 1, 2.

2. The upright in heart. This expression is not Synonymical of the former, but points at something else in the Subject; that had a respect to Justification, this to Sanctification, and points to the inseparableness of them. The word comes of a •oot that signifies, to go strait, or regularly, and is ⟨p. 584⟩used in the Word of God to denote sincerity. By uprightness of heart we are to understand that there is a principle of integrity in him, and that his cordial aim is to go strait in his whole Conversation: though through infirmity, he may come short in act, yet his heart is right: so that uprightness is not opposed to infirmity, but to hypocrisy, else it would be a title that none in this life could challenge.