Obiect. THis is such a peece of armour, as none in this life can attaine vnto, but Christ Iesus the true naturall Sonne of God, who by an excellency and propriety, is calledc 1.1 That iust one. Of him it is pro∣perly said;d 1.2 That hee put on righteousnesse as a brest plate. Indeed at first,e 1.3 God made man righteous, and in Heauen the Saints shall bee allf 1.4 iust and perfect: but on earth g 1.5 there is none righteous, no not one.
Answer.* 1.6 There is a double righteousnesse mentioned in the Scripture, one legall, framed according to the exact rule, and strict rigour of the Law. The other E••angelicall, accepted according to the gracious fauour and limitati∣on of the Gospell. The Law requireth two things. First, an absolute perfection in euery part, point, and degree thereof. Secondly, this perfection in that very party who is iustified thereby.h 1.7 For Moses thus describeth the righte∣ousnesse which is of the Law, that the man, (euen the man himselfe, in and by himselfe) which doth those things (euen all those things which are written in the Law, according to the vttermost extent of them) shall liue thereby: but i 1.8 cursed is euery man that continueth not in all things, &c.
By the Gospell both those are limited, and the rigour of them mitigated.* 1.9 For there are two parts of Euangeli∣call righteousnesse, onek 1.10 of Faith, the other ofl 1.11 a good con∣science.