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The

cde

(ire

zblenefé

of

the

.Obje-}

hungred

after.

257

come

to hate or

to let

out

.his

revenging wrath

upon fucff

a

Joule,

it's

impo:l`ible,

it

can

never

b;..

Fifthly

,

Its

worth, the hungting

.and

thirlting

after,

for

through this righteoufnetfe we

come

to

have

accede

ro

the

throne

of grace, and to

be

able

to

!land

with

boldneffe before

the

throne

of

grace, before

God,

yea

before

Gods

in :mire

ho-

lineffe and

júilice,

not

only

before

Gods

mercy,

but

before

the

very throne of jullice

as

well

as

the throne

of

grace, though

I

have

to.deal

with

an

infinite holy, and

an

infinite

jult

God,

yet

here's

a

way.to

make

me

Rand with

boldneffe, with

a

holy

boldneffe before

this infinite

holinef

e,

and

infinite justice

of

God:

Rom:

5.

i

.

Being juft.i

feed

by

faith

we

have

peace

po;

th

God

through

our

Lord

feftto (Thrift,

by

whom

alfo

we

have

acceff

a

by

faith

into

this grace

wherein

we

ftand;

By him.

we come to have

aeçeffe, even

to the

Tribunali of

Gods júítice,

fo

that 'there

needs

no appeale

now

from the

juiice

feat

of God,to

his

mer-

cy

feate,

it's

mercy

that God

will have

fuch

a

way,

that God

will bring

us

to it,

that

God

will

accept of

us

in

it,

it's that

that

makes

us

through him

hand before

his

juflice feate, our

pardon is fealed

in

the Court

of Juftice.

Sixthly, This righteoufneffe

is

a

glorious

robe,

When

jefus

Chrifi

fhall appeare and

God the

Father,

and

the

holy

Angels,

this íhall be

the

glorious robe

that

flail

cover

the

fouls

of

the

Saints,

ofbeleevers,in the pretence of God and Chritl,

and

the

holy Angels

at the great day,

they

than

be

cloathed

with

this,

and

this

isthe

Robe that

is

prepared by

jeCus

Chrilt to cover,

to

adorne

and

beautifie the

Saints

at

the

day

of judgement

in

their:appearing

before God; You

heare

much

of

the dreadfull

day

of

judgement, fometimes the

thril

found

of the trurri?et,,

and

all

appearing

before

the Lord to hear the fentence of

your

eternall

doom,:

andit

may

be

Tome

terror

may

ílrike into

Come

of

yoúr.hea

ts, but

this

robe

of

righteoufneffe takes

away

all

the

terror

of

that

day,

the

glorious

condition of the

Saints

inbeing,

cíòathed

withthis

robebefor"e

the Lord;

now

thofe

to

whom

this

righteutiiieffeconiestobe

revealed, they

fey

whit

the

ufe

ofthi's righteoufneffe will be

at

that

day; and

that's the

fixt

thing

Wherein

it

appearesfo defireable.

L

I.

Seventhly,