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.Righteotsfnefj"e
of
SanEfi
ftcation
opened.
Now
to
proceed to the
next poynt
;
The
hungringand
thirlting
after the righteoúfneffe
of San
&ihcation,
or
inherent
righteoufnefle.
I
trail
give
you
the method
in
the
fame
way
as
we
went
in
the former.
Firíi, What
is
this tightcoufnefle that
now
we
are
fpeaking
of.
Secondly,
.
What
is
the true
hunger and
thirft
of the
foule
after this
righteoufne:1fe.
Thirdly, What the defireableneffeof
this
righteoufnefle.
is.
Fourthly,.
Why
they
are
blefled that hunger
and
thirft
after
this.
l
fifthly,
That
even thefe
alfo fltai!
be
fat isfyeci
with this
Righ. :eouf
lie
fle.
Laidy, The Application of
ail.
For
the
6.1
then, Blefled
are
they that
hunger and
thirft
after
righteoufneffe,
---
You will
fay,what
is
this righteoufnefs
that here
you are now fpeaking
of?
It
is thefe.
gracious dtfpofitions
that God
works in
the
foul
by
the
holy
Ghat;
or
the principle of
holyneffe
that God puts
into
the
foul by
the
holy
Ghofi, whereby the
foul is
enabled
to
worke
Unto
God
as
its
chief
good,as it were
in
a
right line,and
therefore call'd
righteouínefle
,
It
is the
fame
thing that
is
cal-
led
Holinete
or
Righteassfnef, e,
or
Grace fomtimes we have
it,
becaufe
it's
given freely
by
God.
When.a
foul
that
lay
dead
in
fin
before
bath
the
holy
Choft
come
and
breath upon
ir,
and
puts into it gracious princi
ales
that
enables
it
to
a& and
to
work unto
God
as
thel
eft
end,
of
alt,
and
the
higheft good
as
it
were
in
a
right
line;
In aright
line
;
therefore
fomtimes
it's
called
uprightaef
e,
that
is, when a
foul
that
is
convinced of
the duty it
owes
unto
Cod,
and
that it ought to
work thus
and
thus
untoGod,
whatfoever
il,.ould
conic between
Cod
and the
foul
to
hinder the gracious
workings
of
it
;
the
foul
Both
not
fetch
a
cotnpaffe
but
goes
through
all
difcultyes,
that's
going
in
a
right line, goes
through
all kind
of
di
fficui
ies
that
it
may,
work
it
felf to God
;
This
is righteoufneli'e in
the
heart,
inhe
rent
righteoufneffe
;
when
thouhail received
this work of
the
holy