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Times

of

rvghteoufnee pronged

to

the Church.

the

plots

and defignes and wayes

of the

wifdome

of

the

fleth

¡hall be manifefled, and this will

be

a

blefled

time

:

O

when

will that time

come

fay

the

Saints

that this will be,

that there

(hall be this

rigteoufnelfe.

And

the rather

I

took

it tobe

the

meaning

here,

becaufe

I

finde

fo

many prontires

in

the

Scripture of

an

eftate

of

the

Church that

Shall

be

wherein

righteoufneffe (hall

prevaile,

as

in

the

a

Pet:

3.13.

new

heavens,

and

new

earth

wherein

lovers

righteoufneff

e

;

now

that

it's

meant

of

a

frate

of

the Church,

it's

plaine

by

comparing

it

with the 65

I

fa:

17.

In

the

r

r.

of

Ifa: 4.

There's

a

promife that's futable

to

this

in

the

ennnexi-

on

of

it

with that

that

went

before:

Bleffed

are

the mee'e,

and

then

64

e

are

thole

that

hunger and th,

fl

after

righteoufncf

e

:

Mark now,

But with

right

eoufne

f

f

e

fhall

he

judge

the

pore,

and

reprove with equity for

the

meek ofthe

earth,

and

then v:

5.And

righteaufneff

e[hall

be

the

girdle

of

his

loins,

and

faith

fulneffe

the

girdle of

his

reines:

This

is

the

pronaife

of

Chrif}, and many

fuddh

promifes

iri

lfa: for

there's noPror;het more

full of

the

pnophe-

fie

of

the

Date

of

the

Church

what

yet

it

(hall be

as

Ifaiah

in the

3

2.

-Chap:

/6,

17.

7

ben judgement (hall

dwell in

the

w11-

derneff e,

and

righteeufneffe

rentame

an

the

fruisfullfield,

and

the

work,e

of

righteoufnef

f

e

[hall

be

peace,

and

the

effefst

of

r-

ghteouf-

neffe

?ietnefs

and

*trance

for ever

:

when

was

this ever

yet

fulfill

d, there

is fuch

a

time that

the

Saints

doe

long

for,

and

in

the

33

of Ifa:

The

Lord

is

exalted

for

he

dw>elleth

on

high,

be

bath

filled

Zan

with

uedgcrosentand righteoufnefc

:

There

is a

time

of

tilling Zion with

judgement,

and rìghteoufneffe,and

in

the 6o

of Ifa

:you have mmy

exprerilms

one

of

wiaïèh

we fpake

to

the

lafl

time

; .1

w

ll

alfo

mage

th

%ne

.-

fficers

pearrc,

and

thine

exalters right

and

ir

followî,

v

o'ence

(hall no

more be

heard

in

thy

Land,

waging

Nor

deffrua

°on

w'thin

thy

borders,

but

thou (hait

call

thy

wall,

f

ilvation,.and thy gates

pratfe, pthen.

Cod

(halt

make

their

exac

o--

robe

righteoufnefs

ro

them,anci

in

the

1/.

y:

7

by

people

air,

(ka

il

he

alt

i

îh:

eau

1, they

')hall

in-

herit

the

Land

for ever

:

h

r

iq

that

tttrable

to the former pro-

mife,

Ble(fed

are

the

meek!rr

they (hdlt

%nherit

the

earth.

711

"eepte

fhall'beall

righteous,

theyfhall

nherit

the

landfill-

branch