There is a time coming when righteoufnef f è fkall prrevaile. times a great deale more I beleeve then we do now, the peo- ple of God they knew there would be fuch times, and there- fore juflin martyr,that is one of the moll ancient that we have, faith, There' s.no man or chrif ian but he d9th beleeve fuch times a coming,fpcaking of the glo, iaus times of the Church and peo- Fie of "od, wherein they than be delivered from the violence wrongs and oppre{lions of ungodly men; none a C.hritlian but do.h beleeve it:And this interpretation of hungring and thirfl- ing after righteoufnefie being not fo ufuall among you, yet I verily beleeve they in the primitive times would as fuddainly have pitchy upon fuch an Interpretation as any ; fo in 2 Pet.3. 13, Mark there how the glorious condition of the Saints is defcribed, Nevertheleffe ( faith he) we, according to his pro- rate loose for New Heavens and a New Earth, not only new Heavens, but a new Earth ; what's that? wherein dwelleth righteoufnef e ; and this is according to the promife that we have, in the 65 of Ifa. 17: out of which Chapter my text is taken according to the opinion of all Divines. Behold, I create new Heavens, and a new Earth ; and the former fhall not be re- membred nor come into minde but be you glad and rejoyce for ever in that which I create; For behold, I create jerufalem a re- joycing and her people a joy. A. time of the Churches refloration. Now a verfe or two before this out of the fame chapter is the, Scripture where my text is taken, for faith the text in verf. t 3 Thus faith the Lord, behold, my fervants (hall eat, but ye hhall be hungry, behold,my fervants fha l drinl`,e, but yè (hall be thirfly, behold, my fervants ¡hall rejoyce, but ye (hall be afhamed, &c. My fervants that now hunger,they than be fatisfyed, when you that are full, you shall hunger, &c. So that it doth appear that Chrifl had a reference tofuch times , You that: doe hunger and ìhirft after fuch times, you looking into the Scripture find proiaifes there, that though the Lord (hall futfer wicked men in the world to prevail a while, and unrighteoufneiîe to have the upper hand, yet you find glorious promifes in the Scri . turn, that there shall be a time that righteouTnelte fháll.be magnifyed in the'world,whereinthe Scepter of the Kingdonié of (Thrift, that is, the Scepter of rightenufneífe. (hall prevails, h And 233
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