Right, Diviue. See Jiuk Divino.
Righteousness CP"1^, CiKia, the quality of beitig riijhl morally ). The righteousness of God is the essen- tial perfection of his nature, and is fre(]uently used to designate his holiness, justice, and faithfulness (Gen. xviii, 25; Deut. vi,25; Psa, xxxi, 1; cxix, 137, 142; Isa, xlv, 23; xlvi, 13; Ii,5-H; hi, 1), The righteousness of Christ denotes not oidy his absolute perfection (Isa, li, 1 1 ; 1 John ii, 1 ; Acts iii, 14), but is taken for his perfect obedience unto death as the sacrifice for the sia of the
world (Dan, ix, 24 ; Rom, iii, 25, 26 ; v, 18, 19 ; Jer, xxiii, 6; John i, 29). The rigliteousness of the law is that obedience which the law requires (Rom. iii, 10, 20 ; viii, 4). Tlie righteousness of faith is the justification which is received by faith (Rom. iii, 21-28; iv, 3-25; v, 1-11; X, 6-11; 2 Cor. v, 21; Gal. ii, 21). Righteousness is sometimes used for uprightness and just dealing be- tween man and man (Isa. Ix, 17), also for holiness of life and conversation (Dan. iv, 27 ; Luke i, 6 ; Rom. xiv, 17; Eph. V, 9). The saints have a threefold righteous- ness: (1.) Therighteousnessof their persons, as in Christ, his merit being imputed to them, and thej' accepted on the account thereof (2 Cor. v, 21 ; Eph. v, 27 ; Isa. xlv, 24) ; (2.) The righteousness of their principles, being de- rived from, and formed according to, the rule of right (Psa, cxix, 11) ; (3,) The righteousness of their lives, produced by the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spir- it, without which no man shall see the Lord (Heb, xiii, 24 ; 1 Cor. vi, 11). See Dickinson, Letters, let. 12 ; With- erspoon. Essay on Imputed Righteousness ; Hervey, The- ron and A spasio ; Ovven, On Justification ; Watts, Works, iii, 532, 8vo ed. ; Jenks, On Submission to the Right- eousness of God, Comp. Justification ; Sanctifica-
TION.
Righter, Chester N., an agent of the American Bible Society in the Levant, was a native of New Jer- sey. He graduated at Yale College in 1846; studied at New Haven and Andover, and afterwards spent a year or two in foreign travel for the benefit of his health. He sailed for the Levant in 1854, and died at Diarbekir, Turkey, in December, 1856, aged about thirty. lixtracts from his letters and journals will be found in Tlie Bible in the Levant, by Samuel I. Prime. See Allibone, Diet, of Brit, and A nier, A uthors, s. v.
Rigorists, a name given to the Jansenists by their adversaries. They made repentance to consist in the voluntary sufferings which the transgressor inflicts upon himself, in proportion to the nature of his crimes and the degree of his guilt. They went so far as to call those who had shortened life by excessive abstinence and la- bor the sacred victims of repentance, and said that they were consumed by the tire of divine love ; that their conduct was highly meritorious in the sight of God; and that by their sufferings they not only api)eased the wrath of God, but drew down abundant blessings upon their friends and upon the Church. See Jansen.
Rigr, in Norse mytliologj', iVas a name of the god Ih'imdal, under which he became the ancestor of the four ranks of men — servants, peasants, nobles, and princes. Two of his descendants likewise bear this name.
Rig-Veda, the first and principal of the fourVedas. See Veda.
Riley, Henry Augustus, a Presbyterian minis- ter, was born in the city of New York Nov. 21, 1801. In 1815 he was sent to the Jesuit College at George- town, D.C., but left in 1817, and, under a private tutor in Philadelphia, he was prepared for the University of Pennsylvania, from which institution he graduated in July, 1820, After this he entered the law-office of Hor- ace Binney, Esq,, and contiiuied in the study of the law until the fail, when a severe attack of illness moved him to the study of medicine. To this end he entered a private class of Prof, Nathaniel Chapman, M,D., and atten<led medical lectures in the University of Penn- sylvania, and graduated from its medical department in April, 1825, Returning to his home in New York, he entered upon the practice of medicine, and continued for about three years. In June, 1828, he united with the Rut- gers Street Presbyterian Church, then under the |)astoraI care of the Rev, Tliomas M'Auley, D,D., and soon after determined to devote his life to the work of preaching the (iospcl, AA'ith tliis end in view, lie entered Prince- ton Theological Seminary Feb, 5, 1829, and, after taking the full course, graduated in 1832, He was licensed by the Presbytery of New York in October of the same year, and ordained by the said presbytery in 1835.
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After his licensure he went to Philadelphia, and laid the foundation of the Third Church of that city in Jan- uary, 1833, and labored tliere until April following. From that time until August he supplied the Preshyte- rian Church at Mattewan, N. Y., and in April, 1835, took charge of the Eighth Avenue Church — now West Twenty-third Street Church — in New York city, at wliich time, as above stated, he was ordaiued. He la- bored in this field until January, 1839, when he went to Montrose, Pa., and was iustalled, and there he had a long, most useful, and successful pastorate of nearly a quarter of a century, from wliich he was released only ou accouut of the loss of his voice, which occurred in 18(53. After his resignation, he resumed for a limited time the practice of medicine, and continued to reside in Montrose, where he died, March 17, 1878. (W. P. S.)