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The

de}îrenblene,j'fe

of the 4411

,htoorecl

Afte*.

5

worlds

that they might

be delivered

from

the

àngúif1i

and

trouble of

thofe

finking

defparing thoughts and

temptations

that their

foules

are affliétedwithal!

;

but there

is

nothing in

the world

can

doe

it

but the

fight and

application

of

this righ-

teoufneffe

of

Jelus Chrift,

as

it bath been before

defcribed,

Therefore

it's

very defireable.

Secondly,

By

this righteoufnefie

the

foul

comes

to

fee

a

wzy

for

making

up all the wrong

that ever

was

done

to

God

by

his

fin,

I

have

wronged

God

by my

fin,

and how

this

can be

made

up, it

were

impoffible

forA.ngels

and

men to

thinke

of

'a

way,

but

the revealing

of

this

righteoufineile

of Chrift

made over

to

the

foule by

faith, (hews

a way

how

all

the wrong

that

ever my

fin

bath done

to

Godmay

be

quite

tide

ut

,and

is

not

this

de-

fireable, will

not

this draw

the heart,

thou

that art

any way

fenfible

of the

wrong

that

thy.fin hath

done

to God,

wouldeft

not

thou give

if

thou

hadit

ten

thoufands

worlds

to

make

it

up

againe

Here's

a

way

that

all may

be

made

up

'again,-

:

O

what

a

defireable obje&

is

this righteoufnefíe.

Thirdly,

By

this righteoufneffe

the

law

is

fully

fatisfled,and

all

the

chime of

the

law

is

anfwered,

that the

law hath

nothing

to

charge now upon

the

foule,

to

lay any

claime

to

the

foule

for

any

breach

of it,this

is

a

defireable

thing,

there's

no

de ire

-

ablenefte at

all

in

being

freed

from

the

Law

as

a

rule of life,

that's

nowayfireable

to

a

gracious

heart,

B1effed

are

they

that

love

thy

lazy

(as the

rule

of

life)

nathiefir

fhall

offend

them:

They

would choofe

the

law

to

themfelves,

therefore that's

de-

fireable; but

the claime

that

the

law

layes

to

foul, and

the

charge that

the

law

brings againít the

foul

for the breach

of

it,

the

foule

defines

to

be delivered

from

this,

this

is a

fore

and

dreadful!

evillthat

I

Rand

before the

law

of

Gad

that

bath in-

finite

juftice in

it,

that

huh

fuch and

fuch

a

dreadful! charge

to

charge upon

me,

O`that I

could

be difcharged

from

what

ever

the

law

bath to.charge,why,this righteoufne -fs

wiil

do

it it

will

deliver the

foul

from what ever the

law barb

to

charge

u!'-

on

it, therefore

in the To.R0:4.It's

faid

that Chrift

the

endof

the

lam

for

r,ghteosfneffe

to

every

one

that

beleeveth,he

is

the

er

d

of the law,

it

bath

it's perfe

&ion

in

him, thou

mayel}

turtle

the

demands