71ae tkfireable'efs of the ob;eF`c h <argreci aft r. 2;¢ ans, a great dealeof difference when thou lookef1 upon that blind mind of thine, that dt,ll fp iris of thine, that dead heart- of thine, those many thong tuft; that are in thee, and u,von this thy heart is dejected it may be; but though the difference b. gruff in refpeit of lanai ication, yet in refpecì of the righte- oufnefie of ,uRidcatienthou- arcequall with .4brahare, Ifïac, and focob,thou art -equal with any of the Prophets or Apoltles, or Martyrs; a perfeót righteoufiietie that is made over to thee, and therefore it is a molt defireable.objec t, is not that delire- able and worth the hungring and thiriling after for one that bath been a bafe wicked forlorne wretch in the whole courfe of his life, hath been nothing but a very lump of filth and abomi- nation, for this man or woman at the very mutant of the time o_f- beleeving to come to Rand through a righteoufuefl'e made over by Chrift as perfect as Akrahao,Ifa4e,and j'acab,or of any Saiit thattver lived in theworld, thy juftifcation is equall to theirs, certainly if youinew this, if you did- beleeve it one would think it impoilible but that you fhould have a ftomack 'to it, you fhould- have- hungring and thirfting defires after firth righteoufneffe as this is. Ninthly, This righteoufneffe is that that Jefus Chrift at the right hand of the Father, is continually prefenting before the Father, that he might be well pleated with chofe to whom it isapplyed, it is a fpecial work of the interceilion of Jefus Chrift at the right hind of the Father to be prefenting this his fighreot tie{l'ebefore the Father for fuch and fuch foules that do belong unto him; and for thee, though vild here in:tilis world, and full of fin, yet to have fuch a Mediator at the right hand of God the father continually prefenting a perfect rìghteoufnetfe, to the end that it ihould be accepted for thee, as if he (hold fay, Lord,though thefe and there poor creatures be full of unrightepufneffe, yet behold the perfect righteoufneffe of mine, I perfe &ly obeyed, therefore acce2t bf that righteoufneffe ofmine, .is not this an objet defireable, 'dorhnot this call for thong deliires, bun ring and thirfting, and if' are -they not bte fed -that have fuch a righteoufnefïe as túïs is to be clothed with. L l .. 'Tenthly,
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