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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	faith_n	heart_n	sprinkle_v	2,758	5	11.3113	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A23606	Precious promises the portion of overcomers. / By John Lougher, minister of the Gospel.	Lougher, John, d. 1686.	1681 (1681)	Wing L3093B; ESTC R217742	97,531	281

apparel The meaning then is Overcomers shall be covered all over with Christ clothed with his Merit and Righteousness and so be justified He is made of God to such Righteousness 1 Cor. 1.30 So some understand that of the Prophet Isaiah chap. 61.10 he speaking of God hath clothed me with the Robe of Righteousness he hath put upon me the Garments of Salvation meaning Christ salvatorem justificatorem nostrum who covers Believers with his own Righteousness as with a precious Robe of Salvation He doth not only redeem them with his Blood being a Lamb slain sed etiam lams operuit as one excellently saith He covers them with his Fleece with his Wool meaning his own Righteousness More particularly he covers the very Nature for no created Nature can behold God the very Seraphims with their Wings cover their Faces before his glorious Presence Isa 6.2 much less can the Nature of man stand before his Majesty without a Christ He covereth the sins of all Believers the loathsom habitual Sore of our natural deformity On which account Christ saith to his Church Thou art all fair my Love there is no spot in thee All their Actual Sins also the ugliness and filthiness of them is by this covered together with all the Spots and Imperfections of their Holy Duties It 's observable That the Mercy-seat under the Law covered the two Tables of the Decalogue Exod. 25. This Mercy-Seat typified Christ who is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 3.25 as the Mercy-Seat is Heb. 9.5 The Cherubims covered the Mercy-Seat and the Mercy-Seat covered the Ark in which were the two Tables of the Law So Christ is that Covering-Mercy-Seat that covers all the sins of Believers against the Law of God so that he imputes it not to them They are likewise clothed with the Graces of Christ those Habitual Graces and Vertues in Christ are implanted into them He was full of Grace and of his Fulness they all do receive and Grace for Grace Joh. 1.14.16 Their Impatience is clothed with his Patience their Pride is clothed with his Humility their Frowardness with his Meekness their Ignorance with his Wisdom and Knowledg their Unbelief with his Faith and the like In a word He so covers them as they are secure from those hurts and mischiefs that otherwise they lye open to They are secured from Divine Wrath and Vengeance which else they can no more avoid than a naked man can fence off Fire Christ and his Graces are the Skreen between them and everlasting Burnings They are by this also secured from Satan's assaults to whose fiery darts they are liable to be exposed having no other way to evade the destroying dint and power of them but to be covered with the Armour of Light and Righteousness this put on by Faith quencheth the fiery darts of that wicked one Ephes 6.16 Secured they are also from the terrible stings and lashes of an accusing Conscience By his Blood their hearts are sprinkled from an evil Conscience Heb. 10.22 As our bodily Garments are Munimenta corporis a kind of a moveable Garrison as one stiles them in which the Body marches and is defended from many Inconveniences so is Christ to the Souls of all that Overcome The sum of this Promise then amounts to this in the General That Christ and his Righteousness shall be effectually applied to their particular persons The clothing of the Body is the application of Apparel to the Body so Christ is and shall be appropriated and applied to Believers whereby they shall be as fully possess'd of him as a man is of the Garments with which he is clothed they shall have him as their own to all holy and good ends appointed It 's a thing of high moment considering as hath been hinted how he is fitted every way to our condition As there must be a fitness between the Clothes and the person who is to wear them so there is in this case An High-Priest he is and such as became us as is suited and fitted to our circumstances we obnoxious to Wrath he is our Peace we unjust he Righteous we dead he is Life we poor he is Rich we deformed he Lovely we filthy he Holy With this clothing are Overcomers invested and continue ever thus clothed As the putting off the old man is so done as they never put him on again so the putting on Christ's Righteousness and Graces is so done as they never put it off more but stand before God in this clothing to all Eternity And that we may yet a little further see and be affected with the sweetness of this Promise it is said They shall be clothed with white Raiment which notes Purity Dignity Beauty and Festivity 1. It notes Purity White Garments are clean free from Pollution and Defilement We read of Joshua having filthy Garments upon him Zech. 3.3 The tattered Rags of the old Adam the nasty Filthiness and superfluity of Naughtiness that yet remained in him though in part regenerate and intermingled with his best works Should God break open that filthy sink of Sin that is in the best of us we should not only be loathsome to God and to men but to our selves also I have read of one Mr. Lever who desired of God he might see his utmost uncleanness who gave him his request He saw his Sins in such ugly colours as caused him to go down Mourning to his grave Now Joshua found Grace in the Lord's sight and had his filthy garments taken away from him and was cloathed with change of Raiment vers 4. His rags were changed into Robes his polluted garments into clean Clothing He was arrayed with that fine and clean Linnen which is the Righteousness of Saints Rev. 19.8 Thus the Lord takes upon him their sin and puts on them his pure and spotless Righteousness A blessed exchange indeed Christ puts upon Overcomers his own Comliness decks them with his own Purity to take away all their Defilements 2. It notes Dignity and Honour In old time when Men were dignified for any Service done to their Prince they were clothed with the White Raiment Thus when Ahasuerus the King would put Honour upon Mordecai he caused him to be clothed with a Garment of Royal Apparel White and Blue Esth 8 15. such as Kings and great Ones used to wear What shall be done to the man saies the forenamed King to Haman that the King delights to honour Who answereth thus Let the Royal Apparel be brought that the King useth to wear that they may array that man withal Esth 6.6 7 8 9. As if he had said Let the Keepers of the Wardrobe bring forth the Kings most Sumptuous Apparel that he useth to wear when he sitteth in State and put it upon him in the best manner they can Thus shall he that Overcometh be arraied with Honourable Clothing like the Favoutites yea the Children of the King of Kings The Everlasting Righteousness of Christ a Garment so Honourable as never