The excel/mg ®f the righteeujneffe of Stt c`ti ficàtie , '2'87 glory of the eternall God ; There is nor only God lining up- on the foul, but God fhining in the foul that holds forth the glory of God to the world:And herein is a great rnyflery of the excellency this righteoufneffe, that it Both not only thine f om God upon the foul, but there is a thining in the foul, that holds forth the thine of the righteoufneffe upon this foule to all the world. Sixthly, By this righteoufneffe the glory of God is maintai- nedin.thc world. This is that which holds np Gods honour in the world, what glory f1 ould God have in the world :. If all were as unrighteous as fome are, you think that the Saints they are little worth : Let me tell you iris for their fakes that the world now {lands, had God no more honour frorn'fome then he path from the aloft of you, what would become of you ? 'Tis not for your fakes the world is continued, the world is not worthy of thefe excellent ones, but God Both continue thefe that he might have glory from them, faith God, I have made a world, and I have placed, and filled it with variety of crea- tures, but of all the works of my hands, I have none that loth give me that glory that my Saints doe, God puts fuch a prin- ciple into Tome that they give him the glory of their being, Now is not this a moll excellent thing, and moll defireable, that the creature should be able to live up to the, fulfilling of the end which it was created for.. Seventhly , By this righteoufneffe all natural and civil righteoufneffe is railed higher and to a more glorious con- dition then poffibly it could' be before, there is no a &ion' that a man can doe that bath any worth in it any further then this Righteoufneffe is in it amen in their natural elate they vorke from a naturali principle; but when grace comes into the heart, this inherent righreoufiheffe ; The. foule works in natu- rall a &ions, from inward principles, and makes thole righte- . ©us acîions, when a gracious heart follows his calling, and the things ofthe world, it is in a fpirituall way, .carnalf hearts'are carnali in fpirituall things, and gracious hearts are fpirituall in natural things. !rightly, Upon the receiving of this righteoufnefíe, 'every a6lion.
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