ßighteouffeffe of S4nEEfificution opened. holy G oh fYonu theethat thou finde[+ fuch a6 ing and working principles, that works up thy foul to God as the lati end ; and whatfoever there is between God and thy foul, thy foul will work through it, and work Rill, and never leave working till it works through it, that thou mayeR get at God, and fò corne to injoy him as thy God. Or thus ;, It is the levelling and a&ing of the heart according to a right rule, the rule of righteoufnefle fet in the word, this is the righteoufiaeffe that we are now fpeaking of. Or thus more fully, It is an impre[fion of Gods righteoufnefs upon the foul ; whereby the foul comes to be enabled to a& according to hismeafure as God himfelf doth ad. According to his meafure ; You will fay, how is that ? a& as God a&s That is, look as God himfelf loves himfelf as the highe[+ end of all things, and all other things the Lord loves in order tòhim etf, and wo:ks for himfelf as the Taft end of all, and doth work all other things in a futable way to the attaining of himfelf as the lai+ end : So the foul who bath the impreffion of this upon it, comes to be enabled to work for God as the laf+ end, and to love God for himfelf,and all things in order unto God, and to a& for God as the higheR end, and to ad all things that it bath to do with in order unto God as this Taft end : Sò that hereby the foul comes to a& even as God him- f_lf doth at according to its meafure and proportion. God tae makes himfelf the tall end, the foul makes God the lati end to; God loves himfelf as the high eft good,and all thing in order to himfelf, the foul doth fo to, God in all his workings works towards himfelf, and orders all things fo as he may corne to enjoy himfelf as the Taft end, fo doth this righteous foul do, it works towards God, and fo as he may enjoy all things in or- .der unto God as the lati end .; This is the righteoufnetfe here to be fpoken of : Blefied are they that do hunger and thirRaf- terthis righteoufnetle; ô that it were fo with. me faith this hungring and thirRing foul . I feel abundance of corruption that is in nie that keeps me from a&ing to God ; I am con- vinced that the Lord is wo-thy,Othe ininite glorious ruff-be- ing of all things, he is worthy of all práife and honour from all N n z this
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