240 Times of righteoufseffe Fremifedto the Church. branch of my planti -rig, the worklpfmy hands, that I may be glrri- fled : Thus: thefe pmnn.e.s thew there is a time for glorious righteoufnefs; -SP in the 4of Mal: 2.ver :7o them that feare the Lord fhs,11 the Sun of rrghreouffe fs arife with healing in his wings. It's the latter end of the. Old Team-tent, 'tis crue, he dó n heile spiritually, and he doth beak outwardly to with righreoufnefs We might even fpend this hour-e to thew the many`proniifes of the righteoufnefs that God will have among his people one day, and thofe char reGodly, chat do. underhand the fecrets.of God, for in the 3 Prov: 3 2. fL's fecret is with the righteous. They underhand the fecrets of God, and they doe beleeve that there is fuch a time coming wherein righteoufnefs lhall prevaile, and this is chat that up- holds them from being overcome with chofe temptations that hypocrites are drawn aide withal' : they keepe on in their way uprightly waiting for the time of this righteoufnefs, and blefled are they upon divers grounds, as bath flown : But we (hall pafs by what was fpoken, or might further be f aid concerning that Interpretation.But ifGod appeare in his righ- teoufnefs, who can hand, for are not the bell confcious to themfelves of much unrighteoufnefs ; Can they hunger and titbit after the time when the righreouiuefs of God !ball ar, - peare'to the full ? yes they can, and this is the priviledge ofthe Saints, the more juh and righteous God is that they have to deale with, themore do they long, hunger and chid} for the appearing of that God, this is a great priviledge, but how can that be? there is another righteóufnefs that enables them co hand beforethe infinite righteoufnefs of God ; and that is,the righteoufnefs of Jefus aria,- and to the end, that when the ,Lord fhaltappcare in the ful glory of his righteoufnefs to the world, l hey may hand before him with joy, therefore they hunger and thtrftafter the righteouf efro f jefus Chriff, after the 1 righteoufnefs .of Chrih the mediatorbetween God and them, the righteoufnefs of juhification, for without that, _ even our ;God with whom.wehave tá deale is a confiming fire : fo we 'are now coming to fpeak of that Text in the fe;ond Interprera- lion, BIe jJid are they that hunger and thirft after the righteó r f- ',efs
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