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From
whence
the
hunnring
of
thefoul
ari
feth.
much
more,
and
by this at
any
time
'when you
hear out
of the
word;the
preaching of the righteoufnefs of Chril
},
or
Juilifca
-.
don
by
Chriít,
you may
come
to
know what
it
means
by
this
Short
difcription.
Now the
fecon
I thing that
is
to be
opened,
it
is the
wo
-k
of
the
foul
in the
hungring and thirfling
after
this Righteouinefs.
For the
opening
of that we
are
to
confider from
whence
this hunger
and
thtrf}
arifes.
It
rifes from the
deer
apprehen-
lion
and
through convidlion of thefe four things.
Firfi, The
foul
dòth cleerly apprehend,
and is throughly
convinced
that
it
had)
need of
a
righreònftefle
to
enable
it to
!land
before the
holy and righteous
God,
when
as
men
going.
on
in
the
Common
way and courfe
of theworld,
in
the
wayes
of
unrighteoufiefs;
they
little
mind thät they
have
to
do
with
a righteous
God,
or
if
they
have
to
doe with
a
righteous
God,
yet
becaufe they
thinke that-this
God
is
merciful!
as
well
as
righteous
and
juf},
therefore they doe not
apprehend
any
abfo-
lute necefity
of
having
any
righteoufnef
e
to
enable them
to
t}and
before this righteous
God
You
fee
it
ordinary for
peo-
ple that
have
liv'd very
ungodly
all
their
dayes, whenthey
ap-
prehend death to be near, they apprehend
themfelves
to be
ready to
appear
before this righteous God,what
thoughts have
they, but
only
thus,
The
Lord
have mercy upon
me,
I
am a
great
firmer,
God
be merciful'
to
me and
I
trufi in Gods
trer-
cy, they
look
at nothing elfe when
they
are
juli
upon
their
ap-
pearing before
God.
But
now
that
foul
that underfiands
the
wayes
ofGod
concerningfinners,
and
bringing
ofthem
to
fal-
vatton,
fuch, a
foule comes
to
fee not
only
that
God
is
merci-
full,
but
comes
to
fee
an
abfolure neceflìty
of
forne
righteouf-
nefle,
to
enable
it
to
!}and
before-the righteous
God,
and
that
no unrighteous thing (hall
enter
into the
Kingdome
of
Heaven,
and therefore
if
I
goe out of this world anunrighteous
foul,
all
the
mercy that
is
in
Heaven cannot
fave
me
;
my
coni'cience
tells
me
tnat I havebeen
unrighteous
in my way,
the
courfe
of my
life bath been unrighteous
and
ungodly,
well
now
I
am
goìn
;
to
appear
before the great
and infinite righteous
God,
mid
it
may
be before the morning, mull my
foule Band
before
that