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21

8

The derreaélenë

e

of the

ebjeri husígred

after.

Seventhly,

There

mull certainly be

a

mot.}

glorious reward

of

this raghteou:nefle, and

:lets

rai.es the condition

of

the

Saints

ahove,thutof

Ad.m

in

Paradife,

yea

in

force

refi,et

above

the

Angels

thetn.elves

;

if

Adam

had flood

in

Paradise

there

hid

been

a

right-eoufnetie, finable

to

fuck

a

creature,

and

the

Angel,

have

a

righteoufnefle futable

to

their natures,

but

here's

the

righceou neffe

of

the

Son

of

God,

the

righteoufnefs

of Goc

-man,

and

this

is

of

a

higher nature then

the righteouf.

neff. of Adam

was,

or

Could

be,

of

a

higher nature then

the

righteouflnefle of

the

Angels themfelves in heaven, and

now

for this

to

be made over

to

the

foule

as

its

own

righteouneife,

there

mull needs

be

an

expectation

of

a

glof

ions

reward

of

this righteoufneffe

:

If

Adam

had con

inued righteous

he

fl

on:ld

have

lived, but

it

appeares not that he should

have

liv'd

but

only in

Paradi

e,

in this world;

but

now this

righteoufneffe

purchafes

a

higher

degree

of glory then

if ever Adam

had

flood

;

Giorionis

niud needs

the reward of this be

;

and

as

the

righteodneffeit

felfe

is

made over

to the

foule,

fo

all

that

this

righteou:neife doth deferve,

all

the

fruits

of

the

good

pleafure

of

,.od

the

Father

for this righteoufneffe that

his

Son

doth

tender

to

him fhall be

made over

to

the

foule

too,

and

is

made

over,

the

foule

hash

prefent right

unto

it

:

When

a

poor

crea-

ture

flail

come

to underhand

filch

a

righteoufneffe

that

is

be-

yond Adams

in

innocency,

that

is

beyond

Angels, the righte

-

ou;nefs

of

the

Son

of

God

to

be made

over

to

ir,

and

all the:

good

that

this righrcoufneife

doth deferve,

afl

the

fruitsiáfthe

good pleafure

ofthe Father

for

this righteoufneffe

of

his Son,

that's

all

mine too O

how

defireable

is

this when apprehen-

ded

really

by faith.

Ei

htly, This

righreournefs

is

a

perfect

rigl

reoufnefs,there's;

no

(inner

whaïfoeverbtst at

the

firfl

in}anr wherein

it

becomes

abeleever

and bath

this rightcouíneffe made

over

to

it,

it

_,comesin

the

point of Juflif'

cat ion

to

be equal!

withAbraham,

ifaac,and

acob,

with

l

ifv;d,lhe Patriárchs,Proy.hets,Angels,

Martyrs,

with

the moil

eminent

Saints.

There's

a

great deal

of

difference

between thee

and

tl4of'e

glorious

Pro

bets

and:

Saints

that

we

read of,

and

Martyrs

and many enaineni

Chrifii-

ails,