~-------------·----·--·- ---·--------- 418 b;flrHaionJ fir a rif.ht ~6mflrting SeCl.3• . ...--..-~hirft 4fe;- ·-;ight;~;_rnejfe, foy ""fh~y--fot~!l 1,; fi!!;j UJtlat,) .6. If any man thirft, let him c6me unto mee,4nd drink!, Joh,7.37· The L?rdhettreth the dejire ~f the hum.ble,P[al.ro.x7. Hee Will fulfil! the deftreDf them thdt ftare Him, Pfol.t4'5 .xg. The Lord fil!eth the hungry With goodthingJ,Lu"k! I •'53. Let him that u a~ thiift,come. ~ndwhofoever Will, let him ta~ the wa~ teroflifo freely, Rev.U.I7· Ho, every One that thi.r~ fteth, comeycC:to theWaterJ,&c. Ijil.55 .i. IWiJl poure "Water upon him that is thirfty, and .floudt upon the dry J/'Duna, Chap.44·3· Theft longings and defrres, this Iiunger and thirfr, before a fen{ible apprehenGon, and cp j9yment ofChrifr, arife from a fenfe ofthe necef~ fity and ·want of His bldfed Perfon, and pretious blo.od-fhed; which the afflicted Soule now prizetl1 -before ten thoufand Worlds; and for whofc f"ke,- is mofi: willing to fell a!!, and to abandon wholly the Divels fervice for ever : Thofe, after a full entrance into ~he holy Path, and joyfi1ll grafping of the Lord Iefus in the annes ofour Faith, arifc partly from the f0rm~r frate ofunutterable fwectne!le wee found in Him'; partly from_the ·want of a more full~andfurtherfruition ofHim,.efpecially when Hee is depar - ted,in refped: ofprefent feeling; as-in times of defertion,extraordinaryterpptation,&c. In the Paffige that is pail:, I Utlderfhmdthe former; .in thofe .that fqllow, the latter. _ , s,Of Jefeniom. ~.Secondly,toncerning defettions I -intend a Iar~ ger, and more particular difcourfe; and therefore I :paffe b.y them here•. Ca;4 p.•
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