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And in Rev. xix. 8. The Righteoufnefs of the Saints 

 is caird fine Linen. And the Saints are faid to 

 be cloath'd in white Raijnent. Matth. xxiii. 1 1. 

 Works of Righteoufnefs and a Converfation be- 

 coming the Gofpel is call'd a Wedding Garment, 

 Colojf.'in. 10. Put on the ?iew Ma?i. And again. 

 Put on therefore^ as the EleB of God^ Bowels of 

 Mercy, Meeknefs, &c. On the contrary, vicious 

 Habits and finful A6lions are compar'd to filthy 

 Garments. So, Zech. iii. 3. J of ma the High- 

 Prieft is faid to be cloath'd with filthy Garments \ 

 which in the next Verfe are interpreted his Ini- 



, quities, either perfonal, or of the People whom 

 he reprefented : / have caufed thy Iniquity to pafs 



from thee^ and will cloath thee with Change of 

 Raiment, 



Fourthly, We arm and defend our Bodies, and 

 our Souls have as much need of Armour as they; 

 for the Life of a Chriftian is a continual Warfare ; 

 and we have potent and vigilant Enemies to en- 

 counter withal, the Devil, the World, and this 

 corrupt Flefh we carry about us ; we had need 

 therefore to take to us the Chriftian Panoply, to 

 put on the whole Armour of God, that we may with- 

 fand in the evil day, and having done all, may f and \ 

 having our Loins girt with T'ruth, and having on 

 the Br eaf -plate of Righteoifnefi, and our Feet Jhod 

 with the Preparation of the Gofpel oj Peace. 'Above 

 aM, taking the Shield of Faith \ and for an Helmet^ 

 the Hope of Salvation, and the Eword of the Spij'it^ 

 which u the Word of God, Eph. vi. 13, 14. 



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