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s 34

There

is

a

time

far

righteou

f<effe

to

prevaile.

And

you long

after thefe

titns;â

chat

thef

times

would

cone,

Why

blefíed

are

you,they shall come,certainly they

fhafl

come,

you

flail

by

fatisfied

as

if

he should

1áy,

there fhall

be

as,

glorious times

as

you can

thinke

of, and

righteouinetle

shall

pcvaile

as

much

as

poibly

you

can imagine, you fi,all

be

fil-

1

c

:

gn

fo

in

M=cha

(

almost

all

the

prophefies are

full

of

this )

chap.

`7.9.

There

you

it

all

tnd

that

that time

wherein

M.

cue ;page,

was

a

rime

wherein

much unrighteouíneffe

was

in'the world

;

But now

mark,

the P:ophet

ipeaks

in

the perfon

of

the Church,

and

`frith

he,

I

will

beare the indignation

of

the

L

rd,

beta,.

fe

I

havefinned againft him,

tentill he

plead my

caufe

acrd

execute

judgement

for

me, hewill

bring

me

forth

to

the

light,

and

I

fhatt

behold

his right

eouf.

efJe:

The

Church

complains

that

now they

did

`fuffermolt fearfully,

verf 4.

The

-heft

of

them is

k

bryar,

the

molt

upright

is

[carper

then

a

thorn

hedge; and fo

he

goes on inThewing

the

unrtghteoufneffe which

there

was

in

thole

times,

verf

Truft

ye not

in

afr:end,

tut

ye not

confi-

dence in

a

guide,

keep

the

doores

of thy

mouth

tom

ber

that

lyeth

in

thy

bofcme

:

for

the

Son

difhonoureth

the

Father,

the daughter

rifeth

up

againft

ber

Mother, the daughter

in

law againft

her

Mother

in

law,

a

`maul

enemies

are

they

of

his

own

houfe

:

But

now

mart,

Therefore

I

will

locke

unto

the

Lord,

I

will

wait

for

the

God

of

my

falvation,my

God

willhear

me;

and in

the 9 vetf,

'will

bear

the

indinat

on

of the Lord,

becaufe

I

have finned

a-

gainft

him, untill

he plead

my

caufe

and

execute fudgment

forme,

&zc.

As

if

he fl'ould

fay,

Lord I wil'lnotmurmure

but

I

will

waste

for

thee,for

I

have

finn'd

agaìnf

-

thee,though

I

don't de-

ferve

finch

unrighreous dealings at

the

hands

of men, yet

in

refpea

of

thee,

I

deferve that

thou

fhouldft ufe them

as

inflru-

ments

to-affiia.

me,

therefore

Ile

wake

u;on

the

Lord,

he

win

`bring

me forth

to

the tight, and

I(hall

behoo.'d

his

riçhteoufneffe.

This TextMould

help

us

againflthe

unrighteous

dealings that

are

here,

and

this

makes way ro

the

arplication.of

all.

Let

the conf detarion

of

ihis poynt

be

a

meanes

to

take

away

'that :great

(fumbling

block that

now

is

before

men at

which

they

tumble,'namely,that God

fuffers

unrighteous mento

rre-

Nraik

as

theydoe

; 'Be

not offended

at

this,

for

there

is

a time

that