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Righteoufneff

e

of`

SAnElification

opened,

tift

holy

Ghoit

upon

thee that

thou findefi

fuch

aeling

and

working

principles, that

works up thy

foul to God

as

the

lift

end

;

and

whatfoever

there

is

between

God

and thy

foul,

thy

foul

will

work through

it,

and work

Pí11,

and

never

leave working

till

it

works

through

it, that

thou mayefl

get

at

God,

and

fo

come

to

injoq

him

as thy

God.

Or

thus

;.

It

is

the

levelling

and a&ing

of the heart according

t© a

right rule, the rule

of

righteoufneffe

fet

in

the word, this

is

the

righteoufiaef

e

that

we are now fpeaking of.

Or

thus

more fully,

It

is an

imprellion

of

Gods righteoufnefs

upon the

-foul

;

whereby

the

foul

comes

to

be enabled to

aót

according

to

his

meafure

as

God

himfelf doth act.

According

to

his

meafterre ;

You

will fay, how

is

that

?

a

t

as

God

as

That is,

look

as

God

himfelfloves

himfelf

as

the

higheft end

of

all

things,

and all

other

things

the Lord

loves in

order

tó;himfelf, and works for

himfelf

as

the lall end

of

all,

and

loth

work all

other

things

in

a

futable

way

to the

attaining

of

himfelf

as

the

lift

end

:

So

the

foul who

hath

the

impreflion

of this

upon

it

comes

to

be enabled

to

work for

God

as

the

lall end,

and

to

love

God

for himfelf,and

all

things

in order

¡Into

God,

and

to

acc

for

God

as

the

highefl

end,

and

to

ac`s

all

things that

it

hath

to

do with in

order

unto

God

as

this

lift:

end

:

that

hereby

the

foul comes

to

aot

even

as

God

him

-

-f:lf doth

a&

according

to

its meafure

and

proportion.

God

he

makes

himfelf the

Lift

end,

the

foul

makes

God the

laft

end

to

God

loves

himfelf

as

the

higheft.gQod,and

all

thing;

in

order

to himfelf,

the

foul

doth

fo

to, God

in

all his

workings

works towards

himfelf,

and

orders

all

things

fo

as he

may

come

to

enjoy

himfelf

as

the

laft

end,

fo

doth this righteous

foul

do,

it

workstowards

God,

and

fo

as

he

may

enjoy all things

in.or-

der

unto

God

as

the

laft

end

.;

This

is

the

righteoufnelíe here

to

be

fpoken

of

:

Bletied

are

they

that do

hunger and thin} af-

terthis

righteoufnetfe;

ô

that

it

were

fo

with me faith

this

hungring

and

thírfling

foul

.

I

feel

abundance

of corruption

that

is

in

nie

that

keeps the from

acing

to

God

;

I

am con-

vinced

that

the

.Lord

is

wo-thy,O the

infinite glorious

i

rfl

-be-

mg of

all

things, he

is

worthy

of

all

praife

and

honour from

all

N

n

z

this