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Tho

fe turfed

the

e

afto'

unrigbteouffçffe,

that

righteoufnef

e

rei:3ne,,

that

the

Lord Jefas

aria

fha11

come and appeare in

his

glory,

,and

take

the throne

un :o

himfelfe,

he

ihail

judg the

world

iïi

righteouinefs,Arl. 7.3

t

This

meditation doth

mightily hUpe_thóie

chat

ar godly

that

I

am

flanking of, whereas oth4rs

that

are

not acquainted

with

this, when they

fee

the

unrighteous world

to prevaile,

they

will

fall

to

them

and

be

on

their

fide, but

the

Saints

will keepe

1h11

to the righteous,

and be

frill on

their fide,

for

they

know

there

is

a

time

that

righteou;neffe (hail

pre-

vaile

, the Scripture

fpeakes

of the roote

of

the_

righteous

that

(hall

prevaile,

and

the Scripture

fpeakes

of

the

fruite

of

the righteous that

(hall come

forth from

that

roote,

though

it

be

under

formes

and

ternpefts, for

a

while.

And

then

in the,

fecond

puce, if

thole

that hunger

and

thirll

=after

righteoufneffe

be bleffed, then certainly curfed

are

un-

righteous men, curfed

are thofe

that

feek

after unrighteouf,

neffe

:what

(hall

Jefas Chrilt

pronounce thofe

that

feek

after

un

righteoufnef

e, to

promote that

in

the

world to be bleffed,

then

if

there

be

man or woman in

this place

whofe

confcience

tells

them that they

love

the

wayes

of unrighteoufneffe,

that

they

feek

to

increase

their

eflates

by

the

wayes

of

tunrighteòuf-

neffè,

by

unrighteous Mammon,

to

gaine

any

thing tn,unjuft

wayes,

thou

art the

man

or woman

that doeft

ioyne with

this

unrighteous world,

to

uphold

the kingdome of

darkneflê in

this

world, know

that Chrill

curfes

thee, it's

fo

implyed,

when he

bleifes

fuch as

hunger

and

thirft

after righteoufiiefie, thofe

are

curfii

that rather

hunger

and

thirft after the

wayes

of

unrighte-

oufneife, and care

not

if

they

can

get

any

thing

to

themfelves

though

it

be

by hook

or

crook

(as

we

use

to

fry

).

O

fear and

tremble,

for thofe fervants

of

God

that thou

haft

dealt

unrigh-

teoufly withal!, they cry

to

God

and

tell God

of

all

thine nn-

righteous

dealings,

and

God

hash

promifed them that they

(hall be

fats

wed

in

their cryes,

and

their

cryes (hall be anfwe-

red,'

when

as

this fervant

of

F

god

(hail mantfeft

his

defires

to

heaven,0

Lord

T

have fuffered unrighteous dealing from

fuch

a

than

or woman, why know

that th

fe

cryes

do

lye

in

heaven

H

h a

to

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