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SERMON
XVIII.
Q
P
The excellzney
of
the
righteokfnefr
of
fafrc`iifcatiox
M
A
T
H. 5.
6.
Bleed
are
they
which
doe
hunger
and
thirft
after
righteoufneffe :
for
they
(hall
be
filed.
He
Third
thing propounded
in
the
opening
of this
great
and weighty poynt
of
the
righteoufneífe of fan&thcation, or inhea
rest
righteoufnefle,
was
the
excellency
of
it
;
What
is
there
in
this
righteoufneífe
{;-
i
that
caufes
a
foul
thus
to
hunger and
third
after
it
;
There
are
many
things
that
men hunger
and chid}
af-
ter,
that
are
but vanity,
and
not worth the fpending
of
our
thoughts,
much leffe our
fpirits upon,
and
furely
Chria
would
never
pronounce
thembleffed that
do
fo,that
fpend
their
time
and
their
thoughts
upon vanity
;
But
there
is
a
great
excellen-
cy
in
this
righteoufn °ííe,whereby
the
foul
is
inabled
to
glorifie
God,
and honour him
as
the
infinite
fira
being of
all
things
;
Now the
excellency
of this righteoufnei
e
codas
in
thefe
things.
Fira,
This
righteoufneffe
is
the
right
temper ofthe
foul
;
the
health
of the body
it
confias
in
the
well and
right
conaitu-
tion of
it
Look
as
the
body when
it
is
in
health
can
renal
and
tad
things
forfweetnefle and deli
ht,andcan
work
and agitate
Voa
in