Ïlow they fhall be filled. tiefe was there, and the place of righteourreffe, that iniquity was there : In the very place where I thought judgment would have been, wickedneffe was there, and in the place where I thought righteoufnefs would have been,iniquity was there; -- What then ? I faid in mine heart, God fhall judge the righte- ous and the wilted, for there is a time there for every pierpofe and for every work :Gods righteous ones that now hunger and thirst after righteoufnefs,make much of this Text, you (hall be filled, for there is a time that God will judge the righteous and the wicked, there is a time for every purpofe, for every work, and you fhallbe filled. And all the delires of all righteous perlons face the begin, ning of the world (hall be fatisfyed, from Abel that was kill°d by Cain, fo all the Patriarchs, and Apólfles and prophets and Martyrs, and Saints all in their generations they did- hunge after righteoufnele, righteous Abel and fo the ref+, yea their blood Both call' to the righteous God that he would ma- nifefl righteoufnefíe in the world,0 god my righteoufneffe faith David, and fo of others ; now when the time comes that all the prayers of all the fervants of God, that ever they Tent up unto God, their prayers (hall come to be all heard and all granted, furely it will be a bleffed time that will fill them ; will not that fatisfie thee to have every prayer of every righ- teous fervant of God from the beginning of the world fully an- fwered and fully made .good what they defire, Surely this will fatisfie thee, Sidled art thou for thou (halt be fads- fyed. And for the fatisfying of the righteous that are crying to God agaiinft the unrighteous dealings in the world, do but confider fome Texts of Scripture, there are a great many very famous Scriptures tending this way, that there is a time coming that righteoufneffe {hall prevaile in the world, in I(a. T. 2.6. And I mill rettore thy judges as at the firfl, and thy Counfe'lers as at the beginning, afterward than (halt be called the City of righte- oufneffe, the faithful( 'City ; and in Ifa. 3. To. Say ye to the r ghtems that it fhall he well with him; for they (hall eat the fruit of their doings Mark, fay ye to the righteous that it (hall be well a3=_.
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