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7,

31

There

is

a

time

when°righteou

fneffe

fháll

prevaile.

well

with

him,

you

that are righteous

you

are afraid

that

things

will

not

goe

w

ll, fay

to

the

rrgIte

at-s

that

it

{ball

foe

well

with

them, w iy

?

for

<)_y

(hail cat the

fruit

of their

doings.

You

goe

on in

a

righ`eous

way,

.

o n

nittlug

i

Our

righteou;net e to

God,

be

content an:i.luiec

a-

while, you

null

eat the fruit

of

your

doings,

and

you

ihall be

í

risfyed

:

here's

a

promiü

that

you

ihould

feed

upon when

any

deale

in

an

unrighteous

way

with

you:It

would

be

entileife

co

ffp

ake

of

all

the Scriptures

which

thew

how

that

fluff

prevaiie

in

the

world

;

In

the

it

of

t14.4.

lb

ere

fprakingof

Chrill

he

thews

how he will corne and

judge

the

world

With

righteoufne{le, Ifa.

6o.

17.

I

will

alto make

thine

Officers peace,

aid

thine exacters

r:ghteouf

zeffe,

ch.6

1.

to.

I

could

name

neer

upon

twenty Scriptures out of

the

prophe-

tie of

I

faiah,

that

prophetic

of

a

glorious time of righteoufüe

&,.,

that

violence

and opprellion (hall be done away

My

bre-

thren

comfort

we

our (elves

in

this, whatfoever violence and

wrong

there is,

yet,

there

is

a

time, and

we hope

it

may

be e-

ven here

in

this

world, that the Lord

will

deliver

his

people

from

violence,

wrongs, oppreflion, and

all

un:

ighteoufneife,

the

Exactor (hall

be.

righteouïneffe,,chap.

6o.

t7.

Where

the

Lord

makes

a

gracious promife

to

his

C

hunch

For

braige

I'wwill

bring.

Gold,

and

for iron

I

willbring Sik-er, and

for

wood

Brae,

andfor

f

ones

Iron,

I

will

al

fo

make thine

Officers

.peate,and thine

Exactors

righteanfteefe.

This

i

apparently

a

pro'h.efie of the

times ofthe Church

;

There

are

fuJi. times

that the

Officers

that the

people

of God than

have

to

deal

rich,

hall

be nothing

but peace to them,

and thofe

that

are

their

exactors, they

i1call

be

even righteoufnefle

it

felfe;

they

{hall

be.

as

righteous

as

their

hearts

-would define

-Is

not that

a.bleffe.ci

time

when

all

-men

placed

in

publick

places,

(hall be nothing but peace to

-the

Saints

of

Mod, and never wrong them more

all chore

chat

-were

exa

&ors

before

of them, that

would

-lay

heavy burden.

upon

them, the Lord

will make

them

rìiateoufnefffe

it

felfe.

No

marvaile though

Chrift

doch

expreffe this

by.

hunger

and

thirft,becaufe it

will

be.fuch

a

glorious time

;

and

(Thrift knew

that there

was

a

very glorious

time

coming for righteoufiaefe

to

prevaile

in

the world,and the

Saints

of

(d

knew-it

in

thsfe

times

s