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here
is
a
time
coming when righteoufneJJe
fhall
prevaile,
times
a
great deale more I beleeve then
we
do now,
the.peo
ple
of
God
they knew
there
would be
fuch
times;
and
there-
fore.
jug-in
martyr,that
is
one
of the
mof}
ancient
that
we
have,
faith, There's
-no
man
or
chriflian
but he
Both
beleeve
fuch
times
a
coming,fpeaking
of the
glorious
times
of the
Church
and
peck.
Fie
of
mod,
wherein they
thrill
be
delivered
from
the violence
wrongs and
oppre(1"ions
of
ungodly
men;
none
a
C.hrii}ian
but
doh
beleeve it:And
chis
interpretation
of hungring and
thirft-
ing after righteoufüe(fe being hot
fo
ufuall among you,
yet
I
verily beleeve they in the primitive times would
as
fuddainly
have
pitcht
upon
fuch an
Interpretation
as
any
;
fo
in
2I'et.3,
i
3.
Mark
there
how
the
glorious condition of the
Saints
is
defcribed, Nevertheleffe (
faith
he)
we,
according
to
his
pro-
rate.
looke
for New
Heavens and
a
New
Earth,
not
only
new
Heavens,
but
a
new
Earth
;
what's
that?
whereas dwe!'eth
righteoufnele
;
and this
is
according to
the
promife
that
we
have,
in
the 65
of
Ifa. 17: out
of
which
Chapter
my
text
is
taken according
to
the
opinion
of
all
Divines.
Behold,
I
create
new
Heavens,
and
a
new
Earth
and the
former
fhall
not be
re-
membred
nor
come
into minde
;
but
be
you
glad
and
rejoyce for
ever
in
that
which
I
create;
For
behold,
I
create
jeerufalem
a re-
joycing
andher
people
a
joy.
A time of the
Churches
re(}orations
Now
a
verfe or two before this
out
of
the
fame
chapter
is
the
Scripture where
my rext'is
taken,
for faith
the text
in
verf.
t
3
Thus
faith
the
Lord,
behold, my
fervants
(hall
eat, but
ye
(hall
be
hungry,
beho'd,
myfervants fha
1
drinl_e,
but
ye
fhall
be
thirfiy,
behold, my
frrvants fhall
rejoyce,
but
ye
(hall
be
afhamed,
&c.
My
fervants
that
now
hunger,they
(hall
be
fatisfyed, when
you
that are
full,
you (half
hunger,
&c.
So
that
it doth
appear
that
Chrift
had
,a
reference to
fuch
times
,
You
that:
doe
hunger
and
thir(1
after
fuch
times,
you looking
into the Scripture find
proinifes
there,
that though
the Lord
(hall
ft
tfer
wicked men
in the world to prevaile
a
while,
and unrighteoufnelfe
to
have
the upper
hand,
yet
you find glorious
promifes
in
the
Scrip
turn,
that
there
(hall
be
a
time that righteou'neife
(hall. be
magnifyed
in
the
world,whereinthe
Scepter of the
Kingdomiè
of
Ch.iI1, that is,
the Scepter'of
righteouine(fe (hall
prevails,
H
h
And
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