Second Interpretation e f the Text. a4t nefjeof JefasChrifi. Surely' the fpirit of Paul was very bletled in this, his heart was much upon this righreoufnefle that we are speaking of, for in the 3 of Phil: 8, 9. He accounts all doing and boll e, yea Boggs meat, for what ? That he might not be sound in his own righteoufnetfe, but in the righteoufneffe which is of faith in Chriit,rhe righteoufnefs which is of God by faith : All things are accounted dung and droife, that he might appear in the righteoutìreffe which is by faith in Chrifl, the righteoufneife of God in him, that's the righteoufnef e of juflitication : ---- Now for the handling of this poynt there are thefe particulars to be obferved, and in this method we (hall (peak tò it. Firfl, We (hall open what this righteoufnefs of Jefus Chritl: is which the Saints doe hunger and thirft after. Secondly, We shall (hew what their hunger and thirfl is ; the working of their hearts in their hungering and thirfling af- ter this righteoufneffe Thirdly, What' a defirable obje& this righteoufneffe is ;; what there is in this righteoufnef fe that makes the Saints fo de- fire after it. Fourthly, Thofe that doe thus delire after it are ble îîd. They are bleffed for the prefent. Fifthly , That they certainly !hall be filled with this Righreoufneffe, Thefe are the five things for the explication of it. For the Firfl, What this righteoufnefs is that now we are fpeaking of, it is the righteoufnefs which is for Uglification, which r would defcribe thus. That perfe& fatisfa6tion to divine juflice in whatfoever it Defa`prion of re uires either in way f unithing for fin, or obedience to the tncifts R 8h Y P p ni tëou(nefie. Law, made by the Lord Jefus Chritl, God and man, the Me- di ',tour of the new Covenant, as a Common head,reprefenting all those whom the Father hath given to him, and made over unto them that beleeve in him. This is the righteoufnefs that Chrift orono!:nces thembleffed that hunger anal thirfl after The other righteoufneffe had Tome lovelineffe in ir, but you !hall fee, this is to be a matter ofgreater moment and confe- quence then the other. I i Now
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