222 what Meant by righteoufneffe. . righteous dealings in the world, you will fee how the world is carryed on in uniuftice, and unrighteoufnefle that prevatleaittt the world, but in the mean time this wilt goe neere to your hearts, it will be a Paine and griefs to your foules to fee the :unrighteou carriages of things in the world, and you will loir. for the time wherein righreouïneffe may prevaile in the world; and role among men ; well b efied are you, doe not you med- dle with their unrighteous dealings,bur when you fee it among o :hers, let your longing delires be for the time wherein righ- teoufneffe shall prevark in the world,and blefJed axe you that do thus hunger and thir. ,. this I verily doe beleeve is a fpecialh thing thatChrifl intends in the pronouncing of this bleiiednes, and therefore I mull not pafle over this fo lightly as many doe in handling of this blefiedne.ffe. I confeffe the other righteouf- neffe, the moil of your latter men that especially fpeake of this in a preaching way, they looke to that that they thinke to be moll fpirituaii, as thus, that hunger and thirll after the righte- oufnelfe of Jefus Chriil , Bleffed are they that have earnel }, flrong and unfatisfying defires after the righteoufneffe of Chrift, that they may be cloathed with the righteoufneffe of Jefus Chriil; and (land righteous before Gad, through the righteoufneffe of his Son, Bleffed are they. And then, Bleffed are they that doe hunger and thrril after the power of righteaufaeffe in their owne hearts, to be de- livered from the power of i in, and to have further degrees of fan &ification in their hearts, this is ordinarily, and I fuppofe inmoft of your thoughts that have minded this Scripture, you have rather looked upon this righteoufneffe to be meant die righteoufneffe of jufli ication by jefus Chrifl, and the righte- oufneffe offan &iícationby the work of the Spirit in the hewn,. and thefe two are very Godly Interpretations, very fpirituil, and we mutt not exclude them , but {hall fpeake likewife to either of thefe two : But for this exercife I iliall fpeak only of the first. That hunger and thiril after righteoufneffe, after righteous dealing : And though the other are more excellen_ in themfelves,yet I doubt much whither Gitrift had not this in his thoughts,
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