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The
excellency
of
the
rightcossfneffe
of
SAnCtifecatéon.
action
fo
farre
as
this righteoufneife
is
in
it,
is
more
worth
then
Heaven and
earth,
you
who are
Saints,
prize
your
pares,
prize
your
clities
It
was
a
fpeech of
Luther
who extolled
faith and righteoufnetfe
as
much
as
ever
any
did,
when he
met
with
an
expretlion
of
righteotifnef
e
or
fai,.h,
he
would be
fure
to
carry
it
to
exalt
Free-
grace, yet he
who
was fo
full
in
the
extolling
of the
righteouin,.elfe
ofChrift, faith,that every
good
work
that
fprings
from
faith
is
more precious
to
God
then
hea-
ven
&
earth;
heaven
&
earth
holds forth
Godsglory
in
a
pa
live
way,thefe
in
an
active
way,
thofe
ac
}ions
that
cone
from this
righteoufnefs,hold forth the
glory of
God
in an
active way,and
one
ae
-tion done unto
the
glory of
God
in
an
active
way, holds
forth
Gods glory more
eminently then
all
the world
betides 1
Ninthly,
This
Righteoufüeffe
the
excellency
ofit
confifls
in
this,
this
raifes
the heart
above all
creatures,
and
enjoy-
ments,
and carryes
the
foule
beyond
them
all;
before
Righte-
oufneife comes
into the
heart, the heart
l'es
below
the
crea-
ture,
and is
a
flave
unto every
creature,
when
the creature
bids
got,
it
runs; when
that would be obeyed
it
yeelds pre-
fently,
but
this righteoufnetle
it
raifes
the
foule above
then
all,
fo as
it
now
comes
to
have
God
alone
to
be higher
then
it
f
lfe, the
foule acknowledges no fupream
but
God
himflfe,
and
is
fubjeé
unto
him and him alone
:
The
foule nowknower
it's
excellency
and
worth, that there's
no
creature
fit and
wor-
thy
to
have
converfe with
ir,
It
is
onely
a
companion
for
God
himfelfe,
if
God
will have
it
fubjec`t,
it
will in
order
to
him
fubmit
to
any
thing, but it's
fubmillion
!hall be onely
in
order
to
him,
fo
that
the
good
of the
creature
now
conftls
not
in
any
thing the creature
can
give,
nor
the hurt
in
any
thing the
creature
can
do, but
onely
in
God
alone.
The
foule
i3
now
in a kinde enlarged
infinitely
,
and can be fatisfied with
nothing but
God,
nothing
but
a
God
only can
fill
up
the
crave
-
ings
of the
foule, whereas
before
it
was
fatisfied with
every
loft, with every filthy vanity,now nothing but real enjoyments,
and onely
that
which is reall
can
fatisfie the,foule.
Tenthly,
The
excellency
of
this
righteoufnefï'e
condos
in-
this,
that
it
is
a
prl`yz
ciple
of
union and communion with
God
him-