34 'There is a time for righteouJ efre to.preuaile. Ahd you long after thefe tim :s,â that thef times would comes tvhy blefied are you ;They shall come;certainly they fhal-1 come, you flail be fatisfied asif he fhould fay, there flail be as, glorious times as you can rhinke of, and ril hteouinetfe (hall pr raile as much as po3.biy you can imagine, you (hall be fill. led : Anrl fo in M.( ha ( almost all the prophefies are full of this ) chap.'s. q. There you fl all nd that that time wherein f 1. =cba -aake, was a time wherein much unri; hreoufüe e was in'the world ; But now mark, the I'_ ophet ¡peaks in the perforr of the Church, and 'faith he, I will beare the rnd rat;:on of the L.srd, becaafe I havefinned againfi him, untill he plead my caufe and execute judgement for me, be will bring me forth to the light, and 1 fhal!behold his righteou f efte: The Church complains that meow they did 'fuffermoll fearfully, verf 4. The bet of them is d'bryar, the molt upright is fharper then a thorn hedges and fo he goes on m`fhewing the unrighteoufneffe which there was in thofe times, verf. Trull ye not in a friend, tut ye not con ft- jence in a guide, keep the doores of thy mouth from berthat !yeah in thy bo fume : for the Son di fkonoureth the Father, the daughter rifeth up againft her Mother, the daughter in law againft her Mother in law, a 'spans enemies are they of his own haute : Btrt tow mark, Therefore I will locke unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of my falvation, my God willhear me ; and in they verf, I will bear the indignat on ofthe Lord, becaufe I havefinned a- gainfi him, untill he plead my caufe aid execute 'udgment forme, zc. As if he fhould fay, Lord I will.notmurmure but I will Waite for thee,for I have finn'd againft thee though I don't de- ferve filch unrighteous dealings at the hands of men, yet in réfpe& of thee, I deferve that thou fhouldit rife them as inflru- itrents to affii& nie, therefore Ile waite uron the Lord, he wi't! `bring me forth to the light, and I thrill beho d hi,' righrooufneffe. 'this Text Mould help us againfl the unrighteous dealings that ire here, and This makes way ro the arplication of all. 'let the con- deration oft'his poynt be a nneanes to take away 'thar;great fumbling block that now is 'before men at which they -fumble, namely,that God fuffers unrighteous men to pre - 'vile as they doe ; 'Be notdifended at this, for there is a time that
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