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appticittion
of
the
Pent.
541
By
way
of Application.
Firft
, Here
we
may
fee
the
wickedneife
of
the world, that
A
lication,
would
oppofe
Righteoufneffe
;
Righteos
fneffe,That
that fhould
pp
make
all
the world in
lovewith it,and
inimoured
at the beau-
ty
of
it,
and
yet
fl
it
is,
That
when Righteoufnelfe comes a-
broad
in
the
world;
it's that
that
is
the
very mark
that ungod-
ly
men fhoote
at
;
Righteous men fhould
be
accounted
the
greateít
ble(fngs
in
the world
;
Indeed
they are
,
and
if
the,
world
did but
know
it
,
they
would account
Righteous
men
that
fhould hold forth the Image
of
God
before others, they
would
account
them to
be
as
great
bleffings
to.
the world,
as
the
Sun
Moon:. and
Starres
are,
and
a
great deale more
:
But
now
fuch is
the
wickedt
of
e
of
the world, that thefe
they,
make
the objeót of their
wrath
and
hatred
to
perfecute:
them.
Secondly
,
Is
it
Righteoufneffe that's
perfecuted
in
the
world
;
Doe
not then
Judge
any
Caufe unjuft,
unrighteous,
becaufe
it's
perfecuted Do not
think
that therefore
the
cute
is
not'rtghteous, or thole
perfons are
not righteous
,
becaufe
they are
perfecuted
in
the world,
nay
rather it's
an
Argument
of Righteoufneffe
;
If
we
(]Would
make
that to
be
the
Argu-
ment
to
Sway
our
Judgements,, certainly
(Thrill himfelfe_ and
his
Apoffles
fhould not
be
accounted Righteous, nor
their
Caufe
a
righteous Caufe;Thofe men that liv d
in
Chrifts time
if they'ft,ould have gon
by
this
Rule, That
fuch
as are oppo-
fed),
-and
perfecuted,
they are
the
tiworft
people,
furely their,
Caufe
is
not
good;
Then,
Chrift
ma
be accounted unrighte-
ous,
and his
Caufe
fo
:
O never
judge fo, this
is
an
unrighte-
ousjudgement.
Thirdly,
Let
men take
heed,
that
doe no
ref}
them
felt'
es'too
mulch
in
a
righteous
Cade,
as
to
think
that that
thank
enough
to
free
them
from fuffering
;
no,
you
are
de-
ceived
in
this,
people think, well,
what care
I,
my
caufe
is
good,
what
then,
doe
you
think
that
that
Tat!
keep
you
fron
fuffering,
O
no,
your
Caufe
may
be good,
and
your
per-
fora