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People

of

Get

griev'd

to

fee

the

unrighteàufneffe

of

others.

the

time

to

have this

temptation

taken

away,

to

have

the

dif-

'honour

of God

taken away,

to

have

that that

is unfutable

to

their

fpirits taken

away,

to

have

the

futferings

of the

Saints

ta-

ken

away, and

to have

this temptation

taken

away

;

as

if

they

'fhould

fay,

O Lord,

if

righteoufneffe

did prevaile,

then

thou

wouldit be honoured

more then

ever,then

we

ihould.have

that

that

would be the

joy of

our

hearts, then

thy

Saints

thould not

Puffer as

they

doe, then

we

fhould

be delivered

from

thole

temptations that

we

meet

with:

11.

Fifthly,

By

unrighteoufneffe they fee

how

the

wicked are

burdened in

their

hearts

;

now

fay

the Saints,

this

is

grievous

to

fee

that

men in unrighteous

wayes

fhould

fo

profper

as

to

be

hardened,

and

think

that God

is

like

to them,

o

that

there

were righteoufnelle prevailing, that wicked men

may

be

aíhamed

and confounded.

Sixthly,

By

this meanes

they

fee

that

many grow

Atheifts

and they doubt whether

there

be

a

God

or no

ruling

in

the

world, therefore O

Lord Jefus

let

it

appeare

that

thou

doeft

govern

things in

the world.

Seventhly,

By

this unrighteoufneffe they fee

the

kingdome,

of

Satan

Pet

up,

and

the

kingdome

ofChrift

which,

is

a

righte-

ous

kingdome, that's

mightily hindred

by

ir,

why

Lord

shall

the

kingdome of

Satan ahvayes

prevaile in

the

world

?

O Lord

when

(hall

the righteous Scepter

of

Jefus Chrift

fway

among

the

children of men.

Eightly,

Laftly,

This

unrighteoufneffe

it tends

to wicked-

wife, to

ruine,

to

bring

all

things

toconfufion,

now

Lord

ex-

cept

thou

doeft

appeare

in

thy

righteoufnef e

to

right

all

thefe

things

that

through

the

unrighteoufneffe

of

men

are

in

fuch a

diforder,

all

things will run

to

ruine and

confufion,

therefore

Lord

haften and

appearto

be

a

righteous

God.:

thus

the

Saints

floe

hunger and

thirft after righteoufne%

;

that

there;

maybe

.

righteous dealings in the world;

and you fee

what

it

is

that

painaes

their hearts,

what

evill

there

is

in

unrighteoufneffe, and

what excellency they fee

in

righteoufneffe;

They hunger

and

thief

after

righteoufnef

e,they

have

great

defires,

and

they fend

forth

many prayers

to

God, O

that

God

G

z

would