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IleSt

they

(hall

be

filled,

nejfe

was

there, and the

place

of

righteeufneffe,

that

iniquity

was

there

:

In the

very place where

I

thought judgment would

have

been, wickedneffe

was

there,

and

in

the place where

I

thought righteoufnefs would

have

been,iniquity

was

there;

What

then

?

I

fail

in mine

heart,

God

fhall

Judge

the

righte-

ostv

and

the

wiehed, for

there

is

a

time there

for

every

purpofe

and

for

every

work

Gods righteous

ones

that

now hunger and

thirft

after

righteoufnefs,make much

of this

Text,

you (hall

be

filled,

for

there

is

a

time

that God

will

judge the righteous and

the

wicked,

there

is

a

time

for

every purpofe, for every work, and

you fhall be

filled.

And

all

the

delires of all righteous

perfons

fine

the

begin

--

ling

of the

world

(hail

be fatisfyed,

from

Abel

that

was

kill°d

by

Cain,

fo

all

the l'atriarch.r,

and Apóft(es and

prophets and

Martyrs,

and

Saints all in

their

generations they

did-

hunger'

after righteoufneffe, righteous

Abel

and

fo

the reft,

-

-

yea

their

blood

Both

call

to the

righteous

God that

he would

ma-

nifeft

righteoufnef

e

in

the

world,0

Clod

my

righteoufnefe

faith

David,

and

fo

of

others

;

now when

the

time

comes

that

all

the prayers

of

all

the

fervants

of

God,

that

ever

they

fent

up

unto

God,

their

prayers (hall

come

to

be

all

heard and

all

granted,

Purely

it

will be

a

blefled

time

that

will

fill

them

;

will

not that

fatisfie

thee

to

have every

prayer of

every

righ-

teous fervant

ofGod

from the beginning

ofthe world

fully

an-

fwered

and fully

made good what they

delires Surely

this

will fatisfie

thee,

Blefled art thou

for

thou

ihalt'be'

fads

fyed.

And

for

the

fatisfying

ofthe

righteous

that

are crying

to

God

agaiinft

the

unrighteous dealings in

the

world, do but

confider

fome

Texts

of Scripture,

there

are

a

great

many

very

famous

Scriptures

tending

this way,

that there

is

a

time

coming

that

righteoufnef e (hail prevaile

in

the world, in

I(a. 1.

z6.

And

Iwill

refiere thy

fudges

as

at

the

frfi,

and

thy

Counfellers

as

at

the

beginninç,

afterr'ard

thou (halt

be

called the City

of

righte-

enfneffe,

the

faithful

City

;

and

in

Ifa.

3. To.

Say

ye

to

the

righteous

that it

fhall

be

well

with

him,

f"or

they (hall

eat

the

fruit

cf

their

doings

:

Mark,

fay

ye

to

the righteous

that

it flail

be

well

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