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Times'"

of

righteouf.:

of

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Fromifed

to

the

Church.

branch

of

my

planting,

the

work,ofray

hands,

that

I

may

be glori_.

fled :

Thus_

there.

prorn

es

lbew there

is a

rime

for slòrious

'

righteou;nefs;

o

in

the

4

of

Mal:

z..ver:

7o

them.

that

lean

the

Lord fhcll

the San

of

righteoufnefs

arife

with healing

in

his

ings,.

It's

the

latter

end

of

theOld

Tellamenr, 'tis true,

he

Both

heale 4 iritually, and

he

Both

heale outwardly to

with

righreouiiI.fs

:

We

might even fpend

this houre

to

film

the

many'promifes

of

the righteoufnefs that

God

will

have among

his

people

one

day,

and thofe

that

Godly,

char'

do

underhand the fecrets

of

God,

for

in

the

3

Prov: 32.

TES

fecret

is

with the

r

;ghteoas.

They underfiand the fecrets

of

God,

and

they doe beleeve that

there

is fuch

a time.

coming

wherein

righteoufnefs shall

prevaile,

and

this

is

that that up-

holds

them

from being overcome with

thofe

tempi

Lions

that

hypocrites are

drawee

afiide

wi:hall

:

they keepe

on

in

their

way

uprightly

waiting for

the time

of

this righteoufnefs,

and

blefledare

they

upon

divers grounds,

as

bath been

shown

:

Sut

we (hall

pafs

by

what

was

fpoken, or might

further

be f id

concerning that

Interpretation.But if God

appeare, in

his

_righ-

teoufnefs,

who

can

(land,

for are

not

the bell

confcious to

themfelves

of

much unrighteoufnefs

;

Can

they

hunger

and

thirfl after the

time

when

the

righteoufnefs

of God

fnall

at

-

peare to the

full

?

yes

they

can, and this is

the priviledge

of

the

Saints, the more jufl

and

righteous

God

is

that

they have

to

deale with,

the more do

-they

long, hunger

and

chira

for

the

appearing

ofthat

God,

this

is

a

great priviledge, but

how

can

that

be

?

there

is

another

righceòufnefs

that

enables

them

to

Eland

beforethe

infinite righteoufnefs of

God

;

and

that

is,r.he

righteoufnefs of,jefus

Chriff;

and

to the

end, that

when the

_.,Lord

fhal?appcare in the

fill

glory

of

his

righteoufnefs

to the

world,.?

heymay

Rand

before

him-with

joy, therefore

they

hunger and

thirftafter

the righteouf,efe

of

lefas

thrift,

after the

righteoufnefs

of

Chriff

themediator between God

and them,

,

the

righteoufnefs

of juflification,

for

without that,

even

our

God

with

whom.we

have

to:

deale

is

a confirming

fire

:

fo

we

are

now coming

to

fpeak

ofthat Text

in

the

fe.orfd

Interprera-

tion,

BleJJid

are

they

that

hunger

and thirfi

after.the

righteö if-

nefs