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to

gee

on

in

wayes

of righteouf

zef

f

e.

tòbe

anfwer'd

one

day,

and what

will

become.

of thee then;we

read in the

24.

Atls

25. v: that

when

Paul

was

preaching of

temperance,

righteoufneffe, and Judgement

to

come, before

Feii

r,

though

Pcul

was a

poor prüoiier at

the

Bar,

and

Fe-

lix

fat

upon

the

Bench

as

a

)udge,yet

he

made him

to

tremble,

what

was

Pauls Sermon of,

it

was

of

righteou!neife

and

judge-

ment to come,

as

if

he

thould

fay, well

though

you

think

you

have me

in

your hands, and may

do

what

you

pleafe,yet there

is a

righteous

God

that will

call all

over againe,

and he

being

confcious

to himfelfe of

unrighteoufnefle,

did

fhake

and

trem-

ble,

though at the preaching

of

a

poor prifoner at

the

Bar.,.

You

are

here

no',v

hearing

a

pooï

Minif}er

of

God

preaching

to

you

thatrighreou!ïaeff '!hallprevaile,

what will become

of

you

then! Let there

be taken

away

from

fome

rich

men,

all

that

they

have

gotten

by

unrighteous

dealings,

and you

may

leave them poor enough, now

curled

is

that eflate;

and

thofe

en

oyments

that

are

gotten

by

unrighteoufnetfe, thou

.

muff

vomit

it

all

up

again'

,

and

therefore the Lord

now

flrike

thy

heart

that thou

mayeft

be

willing

to

reftore,

now

be

a

friend of

righteoufneffe fo farre

as

to reflore

,

and labour

to

undoe thy unrighteoufneffe

as much

as

pollibl

thou

cant},

that

thou

naayefl

have

comfort

in

the

day

of Jefus

Chria,

when he

flail

come to

manifef} righteoufne.f e

before men

and Angels.

And

then the

fall

thing fhould

have

been this,

to

encourage

all

the

fervants

of God to

go

on in

the

wayes

of

righteoufnefle,

follow

after righteoufnefle,

and

feek righteoufneffe:

In

the

2

2.

Reve:

about

the

r

I.

He that

is

r.gh.teous

let him

be

righteous

Rill,

are

there

any

of

you

that the Lord

bath

fown

the

feed of

righteoulneffe

in

your

hearts,

that your

hearts

do

now cleave

to

the

love

of

righteoulneffe,

you can fay,

well,

let

God

doe

with

me

what he will,

I

will

walk righteously,

I

will

walke

by

rule,

though

God

bath call me

into

loch

a

Generation

where

I

fee the generality

of

men

and

women

to

be unrighteous, yet

I

am refolved

to

walke by

rule

in

righteoufneffe

and commit

all

to

God;

wel, be of

good comfort thou (halt be fatisfied,

and

be