^_-- How th fé that Winger arefáid t® lìe dlefjèd. 2 2g_ World more then righteouînefs, O blefled, blefied are you of the Lord, you are wttnetfes unto God. Thirdly,. You are.blet1ed in this regard, for this your hun- gering -and thirt ing after righteoufnets doti deliver you from any temptations that others are overcome withall : other men that it may be have fome refolutions not to be um ighteous but yet when they fee the unrighteoufnefs of others they are overcome, for their hearts are nor fo fet againfi unrighteouf- nefs as thine is to hunger and thirí after it, but now when the heart is fo griev'd for the unrighteoufnefs is in the world, and fo longingafter the righteouinefs of God, this will.deliver thee from temptations,. the temptations that takes other foules it takes notthy heart: and that's a blefled thing. to be delivered from tempration. Fourthly, Thofe that do thus hunger and thirft after tighte oufnefs they are bleffed, for they are fit to be ufed in publick fervice; they are not men that would bring righteoufnefs down to their own ends,, and Peek to make a gaine of the publick, what ufe are they fit for ; But now for fuch as doe above all things hunger and thirfi for fetting up of righteoufnefs in the world, thefe are men fit to be employed in publick fervice, the Lord delights to employ fuck --And men when they come to fee it, that their hearts are fer upon righteoufnefs, they will love to employ fuck though it maybe fora while thofe that feeke to keepe themf lves to the rule, fome -will fret and vex at them, but let fuchmen goe on in a confiant way promoteing righteoufnefs, fuch will get honour before men in theconcluf - on ; All that do convene with them will look upon them as bleffed here, and fuch men as are.ht to be imployed iii publick. fervice. Fifthly, They are blefled, For they are the men thar Rand againR the Rreame of unrighteoufnefs, to hinder the floods of it, that it Both not overflow the world ; bleffed are they that are willing to Rand againR the fiream of unrighteous dealings, to keep it from overflowing of all, .they are infirunients of much good to others as well as to themfelves;Thefe the Scrip ture..faith are bleffed, in_ the ç Pfal. t 2. For thou Lord milt Glcffe.
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