a74 lighteooefneffe of Sa net; fiCation opened. Now to proceed to the next poynt The, hungring and tltirfting after the righteoufinefle of San6ification, or inherent righteoufneflè. I (hall give you the method in the fame way as we wax in the former. Firft, What is this tightcoufnef3e that now we are fpeaking of. Secondly, . What is the true hunger and thin} of the foule after this righteoufnefle. Thirdly, What the defireableneffe of this righteoufneffe. is. Fourthly,. Why they are blefïed that hunger and thief} after this. Fifthly, That even thefe alfo titan be fat isfyed with this higheoufiiefe. Laftly, The Application of all. For the 4ìdì then, Blefìed are they that hunger and third after righteou neffe, -- You will fay,what is this righteoufirefs that here you are now fpeaking of? It is chofe gracious dtfpofitrons that God works in the foul by the holy Chaff, or the principle of holyneffe that God puts into the foul by the holy Ghofi, whereby the foul is enabled to wvorke unto God as its chief gaod,as it were in a right line,and therefore call'd righteoufhefle , It is the fame thing that is cal - led Holinep, or Righteoofneffe, or Grace fomtimes we have it, becaufe it's given freely by God. When -a foul that lay dead in fin before bath the holy Choft come and breath upon it, and puts into it gracious princii.les that enables it to a& and to work unto God as the,l4l end of alf, and the higheft good as it were in a right line:; Ina right line ; therefore fomtimes it's called upright+tef];~, that is, when a foul that is convinced of the duty it owes unto God, and that it ought to work thus and thus untoGod, whatfoever fbould come between Cod and the foul to hinder the gracious workings of it ; the foul doth not fetch a compafle but goes through alt difftct.uttyes, that's going in aright line, goes through all kind of difpiculd res that it may_ work it felf to God ; This is righteoufneí e in the heart, inhe- rent righteoufneffe ; when thou hail received this work of the holy
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