Fart.y.Cap.Io. vjfiifled Confctencn. 417 gon~, :md ihadow of death, doe I lift up my thoughts, heavy and fad before thee :. t~e rer,lembrance of my formc:r vanities an,d p,ollutions, is a ve~ ry vomite to my foule l and it is full forHy wounded with the gnevous reprefentation thereof. the v.er,y flames ofHell, Lord !1 he fur.y of thy jufl: wratr~tbe fcorchings ofmine owne.conicience have fo vvafied and parched. mine heart, that my thirft is infatia13le. , :t-.:y l::owels are hot within me ; my defireafter Iefm Chrij?,pardon and grace is greedy as the grave, the co!cs thcYeofarc coles ofJiye,which hatha. moft vehement fl•?me : And Lord, in thy ble.ffed Booke thou call•fi: · :and cri~fr : Ho, "ever.y one that thirfleth 1 Come yee to IfaiH.t• thewate1·s,&c. In that /[,reat day of the Feaft,Thou · floodeft (l11d criedfl with thine owne mouth, flying'; lfar:ymanthirft, Let him come unto me, and dri;1/eg. John 7•31· And thefe are thine owne words ; T hofe who hunger and thirfl afur ri~hteoufnej[e, foall be filled. I chal- 1\lat.).G. lcnge thee lord,<J in this my extremeil: thiril: after thineowne bkiTedSelfe, and fpiritualllife in thee, by that :VVord and by that Promife, which thou hafl: made, that thou performe, and make it good unto me, that lie groveling in the dull:, and trembling at thy ~eet, Oh 1 Open now·that promifed_We/l oflift; For I mull: drinke,or el{e I .die. · Hcare then,and ina word, is thy comfort;Inthefc hungringsandthirflin_r;,s oft he (ou!e, there u, .u it Wctre, the spawne of Faith, femen fidei, there u aliquid fidei in them; as excellent Divines both for learning and holindfe, doe affirme: Howfoever, or in what phrare foever it be exprefr, fure l _am fuch dejires fo qualified, M before,fhall hee follfi!led, (atufod, accomplifoec/, pojfe./Jed of the Well of lift, and that is abundant, to put the. thirfring Party into a comfortable and tlVing fiate, as I faid at firfr. The words of Scr~pture are punduall, and downe-right, for this which I fay: Blej[edare .theJ, Which dfJe huNger and· 7J d 3 thirft
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