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Yhk
è:xcellency
of
the w;hteoslïeffe of Sanhification.
holinefle
and righteoufriefhe,
all th:. dayes of our
lives, Luke
r
74.
Chrift
came
trio
the
awl]
that
he
mr
ght
have
a
people
to
ferve
hiwn,
that
he
might
re.leeme
a
oh_
fen
je,iératior:,
who
are:.
they
?
Certainly
they mutt
be
force
rare people that
muf
}have
fuch an
orfe
to
come
to redeem them
:
Man had loft
all his
ho-
linerfe and
righteoufneffe
that
he had
at
the
fir(,and
lay
under'
filth
and
mifery, but
fuch
was
Gods
love
to
righteoufneffe,
that
he faith
to
Chria;
My
Son,
thou
mu(t goe into the world
to
re(
}ore
righreoufnefs
again;
fuch
is my
love to
righteouf-
nefìe
that
thou
mutt goe;
though thou
art
the
onely
beloved
ofmy
foule,
yet
goe thou muff
;
Well,
faith
Chrifl, Father
I
am willing
togoe, and though
it
coil me my life
to
procure
righteòufnefhe,
and righteous
ones
to
be
fubje
&s for thy
mercy
to
Triumph
in, I amwilling
to dye,
to
procure
it,
how
excellent then
is
the
righteoufnes
which is
that in
which Chrift,
attaines
his
end
in
dying.
Fourteenthly, This
is
the
only
thing next
to the
righteouf-
nefs
of
Chrift
that
it will be
of
worth at death
and
judgement,
next
(I
lay) unto
the
righteoufnefs
of
Jefus Chrift,when
all
the
world
:hall faile, their
hearts
(hall
quake
within them,: and
all
their
civili righteoufnefs, and all
their
fortilallity, and.their
foolifh pomp
in
the
world, that
which
they
have
made
their
hope, the rock
of
their
confidence
and
their
flay, (hall
all fink
under them, this
is
that
which
I
fay
next
to
the
righteoufn/ef
e
ofChrifl
will
holdup the
head
above
water,this
(hall
comfort
thee,
and
then
it
will
be defireable;
O that
we had oyle
.
in
our
-
Lamps,
and
grace
in
our
hearts; when
the
foolish
Virgins
faw
the
glory the
wife
Virgins
were.pofíePt
of,
they
then
faw
their
folly in
theirneglea,and
they cryed
then,ôthat
we
had
grace,
ó
that
we had oylein our
Lamps,Certainly
that
which
will.be
of
fuch
excellency then
it
is
no
lefie worth n6w.
Fit
eenthly,
This
is
an
irnmortall'feed, when once
the
foul
is
infealed in righteoufnefs,
'tis
ever righteous, the
leaf}
feede
of
it,
it
(hall
endure
to
eternity,
and
the
latlingnefs
of
a
thin&
(we
fay)
puts
a
price upon
it
:
If
thou
haft
this, thou
haft
that
in
thee
that
all
the Devils in hell
shall
not overcooie,rhey
may
gracile,
trouble and
difquiet
thy.
peace, but
they
(hall never
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