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righteousness_n take_v in_o all_o those_o place_n where_o it_o be_v set_v with_o holiness_n or_o godliness_n as_o titus_n 2._o 12._o &_o ephe._n 4._o rom._n 1._o 18._o unrighteousness_n set_v beside_o ungodliness_n or_o set_v alone_o be_v the_o spring_n of_o all_o evil_n from_o one_o man_n to_o another_o and_o righteousness_n name_v apart_o from_o godliness_n be_v the_o root_n of_o all_o duty_n among_o man_n it_o be_v as_o the_o tree_n and_o all_o other_o virtue_n of_o the_o second_o table_n as_o the_o branch_n it_o be_v as_o a_o fountain_n they_o be_v as_o the_o river_n it_o be_v as_o the_o body_n they_o as_o the_o member_n this_o righteousness_n be_v distinguish_v into_o habitual_a or_o actual_a righteousness_n habitual_a righteousness_n be_v that_o gift_n of_o god_n which_o be_v pour_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o the_o elect_n to_o enable_v they_o to_o will_n and_o to_o do_v good_a thing_n tend_v to_o the_o good_a of_o our_o neighbour_n whereof_o in_o the_o four_o to_o the_o 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now_o and_o then_o who_o they_o affect_v which_o cross_v not_o their_o own_o pleasure_n nor_o gain_v or_o credit_n not_o out_o of_o any_o love_n to_o man_n nor_o out_o of_o any_o respect_n to_o god_n will_v or_o glory_n but_o out_o of_o self-love_n 18._o with_o by-respect_n of_o vain_a glory_n and_o worldly_a profit_n and_o therefore_o in_o nothing_o do_v righteous_o and_o in_o most_o thing_n commit_v unrighteousness_n clean_o contrary_a to_o the_o course_n of_o just_a and_o righteous_a person_n who_o do_v work_v righteous_a thing_n and_o that_o righteous_o out_o of_o charity_n unto_o man_n and_o unto_o the_o praise_n of_o god_n and_o that_o at_o all_o time_n and_o towards_o all_o kind_n of_o man_n both_o friend_n and_o enemy_n according_a to_o their_o mean_n and_o as_o occasion_n be_v offer_v they_o true_o repent_v where_o they_o fail_v in_o any_o thing_n and_o afterward_o endeavour_v to_o become_v more_o 〈◊〉_d of_o love._n aquila_n sir_n it_o have_v be_v teach_v i_o that_o under_o righteousness_n be_v contain_v all_o duty_n towards_o god_n and_o man_n and_o that_o in_o this_o sense_n godliness_n be_v a_o part_n of_o righteousness_n howbeit_o i_o perceive_v that_o we_o be_v to_o speak_v of_o it_o as_o it_o be_v separate_v and_o distinct_a from_o godliness_n and_o now_o you_o have_v speak_v thus_o far_o of_o righteousness_n be_v it_o not_o good_a that_o we_o first_o set_v upon_o these_o work_n of_o righteousness_n which_o we_o be_v bind_v to_o perform_v towards_o other_o in_o respect_n of_o some_o degree_n that_o god_n have_v put_v upon_o we_o for_o thus_o it_o have_v please_v god_n himself_o to_o proceed_v in_o the_o lay_n out_o those_o duty_n of_o the_o second_o table_n he_o begin_v with_o such_o duty_n as_o we_o owe_v unto_o other_o in_o regard_n of_o our_o