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C'cmforts
to
Chofe
that
hunger
after
Sanc7tficatian.
undermine this righteoufnefs, .hey
shall
never undöe thee
in
that
whic
-is_
thy righteoufnefs, thy happinefs, and herein
likewife is another excellency of this righteoufnefle.
t
6
y,
Lallly, This
righteoufnefle
is
nothing elfe
but
the
be-
ginning of Heaven. In
that golden
chain;
in
the
8
of
Romans,
there
is
no
mention of
faneti
;cation,
fan&itìcation
is
heaven
begun,
there's men
:ion
made
of
Calling,
of
Juf
ification,
of
Glorification,
but no
mention
of
Sanîti
ficatron, fo
that
Sandlift-
cation
it
is
heaven
begun,'us
not
only
the
way
to
Heaven but
Heaven
it
fell.:
Now certainly
this
is
very defireable
:
there-
fore
put
all
thefe
together,
and
we fhall underf
}and
the mean-
ingof that Scripture
in
Troy: i
z.
26.
The
righteous
is.
more
excellent then
his
neighbour:
He
is
more
excellent in that
he
is a
healthfullman
----
More excellent
in
that he bath the
Divine
nature
:
In
that
he hath
the
image
of God
----
In
that he
lives
the
life
of God
:
--
In
that he
is
made
par,
takers of exceeding great
and
precious promifes
:
-In
that
his
fins
are
pardoned:
--
In that
he is
accepted
by
the
Father
;
in this
the righteous
is more excellent
then his neigh-
sour
:
it
may
be
his
neighbour,
is
a
rich man,his Landlord,
his
Mailer, the
bell
in
the
parish, but he
a
poor
man,
yet if
godly
he
is
better
then
his
neighbour. though
his
neighbour
be
a
Lord,
a
Prince,
though he
be
never
fo
great
;
The
righteous
is
more
excellent then
his
neighbour;
for
you
that
hunger and
thirft after
this
righteoufnefle behold
what
a
glorious objedl
you have
here
which your
thirft
is
placed
upon.
From
this poynt abundance
of comfort
flowers
to
you
that
can
prove
your felves
to be
hungerers
and
thirflers
:
We
fee tome excellency
in
it, O
that
we
might
have
more
:
Do
you
fay
fo,
do
you
defire
that
you
might
have
more,
then
know.
Firfl,
That thefe
hungrings
of
thine
are
better
then
all
the
worlds
fillings,
thefe delires
are
better
then
all
the
cravings
of
worldlings. The worldly
man faith.
Who
will
thew us any
good,
and
thou fayefI,
Lord lift
thou
up
the fight of thy
countenance,
Lord
cloath
my-
oul with
righteoufnefle,
Lord bring
me
into
filch
a
condition that
I
may fland
with
boidnefl'e
at
the
Throne
of