3 Doctrine. The righteousnesse of God is unto chil∣drens children, who keep His covenant.
1 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 His righteousnesse.] 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 often signifies justice; either particular justice, whereby we give every man his own, or uni∣versall justice, whereby we carry our selves generally conformable to the rule of religion. Sometimes it is taken for mercy, or benefi∣cence, (See Vers. 6. Doctr. 1. Expl. 2.) as which is an eminent part of universall justice. And so it is taken in this place, and is all one with 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 in the former part of the verse.
2 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Childrens children.] This phrase in the strict sense signifies grandchil∣dren, or the posterity of the second genera∣tion,