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clothed with righteousness, that is the petition : 

 and what saith the answer of God a few verses 

 after. * (I myself) will clothe her priests — (with 

 righteousness ? Aye, and) with salvation (too) — 

 Let the saints shout for joy, saith the Psalmist : 

 her saints, saith God, shall shout aloud for joy: 

 so that there is more granted in both parts than 

 was asked. St. Paul knew well that this was the 

 method ; and, therefore, before he took forth his 

 son Titus, the great lesson of my text, he first im- 

 parts his Apostolical benediction, t * To Titus, 

 mine own son, grace, and mercy, and peace from 

 God the father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, our 

 Saviour.' St. Chrysostom and Theophylact have 

 observed it to my hand, that he bestows upon so 

 great a bishop the same common blessing that he 



is wont to give to all, (Tot? zioXXoTg, yccci roTg l^icoraig,) 



grace, and mercy, and peace : aye, and no man, 

 as they go on, hath more need of it than he. Not 

 of grace; for who hath more burthens to bear? 

 more difficulties to go through with ? Not of 

 mercy ; for who in greater danger of offending 

 either God or man ? Not of peace ; having so 

 many enemies on all sides, and so many troubles 

 of every sort. Only J St. Jerome adds, that here 

 is no multipliciter, as in other § apprecations. 

 Common Christians may have their peace multi- 

 plied. Peace within, and peace without ; peace 

 with God, and peace with men, too ; but Titus's 



* Act. xii. V. 16. t Ver. 4. 



+ In locum. § 1 Pet. i. 2. 2 Pet. i. 2. 



