I.xourcger,éent to goe on in rayer of rightebufizeffe. tobe anfwer'd one day, and what will become of thee then;we read in the 24. oils 25. v: that when Paul was preachiet of;: temperance, righreoufnerle, and judgement to come, before though 1'4u1 was a poor prüoner at the Bar, and Fæ- lix fat upon the Bench as a judge,yet he madehim to tremble,,. what was l'auls Sermon of, it was of righreoutneffe and judge-.. merit ro come, as if he should fay, tvell rho-ugh you think you have me in your hands, and may do what you pleafe,yer there is a 'righteous God that will call all over againe, and he being confcious CO hinifelfe of unrighteouíneffe, did !hake and trem- ble, though at the preaching of a poor priïoner at the Bar.:. Yoh are here no,v hearing a poor Minifler of God preaching to you that righreouinefie than prevaile, what will become of you. then ! Let there be taken away from fome rich men , all that they have gotten by unrighteous dealings , and you: may leave them poor enough, now turfed is that eflate, and thofe en,oyments that are gotten by unrighteoufnetfe, thou muff vomit it all up again" , and therefore the Lord now flrike thy heart that thoumayeíl be willing to reflore, now be a friend of righteoufneífe fo farre as to reftore , and labour to undoe thy unrighteoufneffe as much as po:fibl thou cant}, that thou mayefl have comfort in the day of Jefus Chrifl, whenhe fhall come to manifeft righteoufneífè before men and Angels. And then the lafl thing fhould have been this, to encourage all the fervants of God to go on in the wayes of righteoufneffe, follow after righteoufneífe, and feek righteoufneífè: In the 22. Reve: about the I r. He that is righteous let hitn be righteous full, are there any of you that the Lord bath fown the feed of righteoufneífe in your hearts, that your hearts do now cleave to the love of righteoufneífe, you can fay, well, let God doe with me what he will, I will walk righteoufly, I will walke by rule, though God hath call me into fuch a Generation where I fee the generality ofmen and women to be unrighteous, yet I am refolved to walke by rule in righteoufneífe and commit all toGod; wel, be of good comfort thou (halt be fatisfied, and be
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