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Second
Interpretation ofthe
Text.
241
nefJe
of
J'efus
Chrifl'; Surely'
the
fpirit of
Paul
was
very
bleflëd
in this,
his
heart
was
much upon this
righreoufnefle that
we
are ipeaking of, for
in
the
3
of
Phil: g,
9.
He
accounts
all
Jung and
droJJ'c,
yea
doggy
meat, for what
?
That
he
might not
be
iound in
his own
righteouíneife,
but
in
the
righteoufneffe
which is
of
faith
inChriii,the
righteoufnefs
which is
of God
by
faith
:
--
All
things are
accounted
dung
and dr©ife,
that he
might
appear in
the
righteòufüeffe which
is
by
faith
in
Chrill,
the
righteoufneüé of
God
in
him, that's the
righteoufneffe
of
Jufitìcation
:
Now
for
the handling of this poynt
there
are thefe particulars
to
be
obferved,
and in this
method
we
shalt
fpeak
to
it.
Firft,
We
(hall open what
this
righteoufnefs of
Jefus Christ
is which
the
Saints
doe
hunger and
thirft after.
Secondly,
We
shall
Phew
what
their
hunger
and
thirfl
is
;
the
working
of
their
hearts in
their
hungering
and
thirfting af-
ter
this righteoufneffe:
Thirdly,
What
a
delirable obje& this righteoufneffe
is
;
what
there
is
in
this
righteoufneffe
that
makes
the
Saints
fo
de-
fire after
it.
Fourthly, Thole that doe
thus
delire after
it
are bleffed.
They
are bleffed for
the prefent.
Fifthly,
That they certainly
(hall
be filled
with this
Righreoufneffe,
Thefe
are
thefive
things for
the explication
.
of
it.
For the Firft,
What
this
righteoufnefs is
that
now we are,
fpeaking of,
it
is
the
righteoufnefs
which is
for
jufliñcation,
which
I
would
defcribe thus.
That pérfeet
fatisfa
&ion
to
divine
juflice
in
whatfoever
it
Defor'pn°n
of
re uires
either
in
f unifhing
for fin,
or obedience to the
tchrifts
R
igti-
i
way
p nin
i
téouineiíe.
Law, made
by
the Lord Jefus Chrift,
God
and
man,
the Me-
diatour
of
the
new
Covenant,
as a Common
head,reprefenting
all
tho'e
whom
the Father
hath.given
to
him,
and
made over
unto
them
that beleeve
in him. This
is
the righteoufnefs
that
Chri(t
oronounces
thembleffed that hunger and thirfl after
The other
righteoufneffe had force lovelineffe
.
in
it,
but
you
(hall
fee,
this
is
to
be
a
matter
ofgreater moment
and confe-
quence
then
the other.
I
i
Now