224 0-by they- that hunger and thirft are bleffed. If they shall accu'Te you for parciallicy , or wronging others, it may be fuch accufarions are upon you, why itill you hunger after the time for God to cleare up righteouuneifa, There is nothingmore ordinary in the world, then-for the wic- ked of the worlci to call afperfions upon the Saints of 6oß or fotne evill or other to darken them in their holy profedion,but if they bear what this call upon them patiently, and long for the time that the righteous God will appeare to manifell their righteoufneffe, Blefl'ed are you whenyou thrus hunger , and thi; fi even after this righteoufneffe. Blcff i'd are you, for Firff, You have the reflimony of your owne conTciences whenmen doe accufe you. Secondly, You'have the teflunony ofGod, God witnef es for you. Thirdly, Bleffed are you, for God is working for you all this while, while you lye underthefe acculations. And you (hall be fitistied one day, you (hall be cleered, God will cleere Your righteoufneffe, and he will make it break forth as the noon day. Now you are befpattered, as if Chrifl (hould fay you are all to be fineered with accufarions from evil. men, but you (haltbe cloathed with white linnen, in the r 9. Rev: 8. ver: And to her (that is, to the Church) was grunted, that the should be arrayed in fine linnen,cleane and ruh'te, for the fine linner/ts the righteoufneffe of Saints, white linnen, it true, it is the tighteoufneife of Chrifl, but it may have reference to this righteoulneffe that I am fpeaking of : as if fo. be that a Matronly woman being in the flreete, thould have mad peoples call dirt upon her,when fhe comes home fhe bath clean linnen] topum upon her, fo though the Saints here are beft atter'd with dirt to make their names to be odious in the world, yet. je ius Chrifi hath fine linnen to ; ut upon them, and they fhall ap,-e c righteous before the Saints and Angels, before all the world" another day, and fo in the i 3 Meath: 4. 3. ver.. there's a pro mile, That the rightectts ¡hall one day fh.'ne forth as the Sun, xn the Kingdome o f their Father. It's true they (hall- fhine forth then in a great deale of glory put upon them, but this glory of then7
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