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Eon,

tle

fear

buts

prrlk

it

fs

fe

in'

h?;'.

why

to attend

upon 'him

in

the

ufe

of

Ordinances

'never.

tong'here,'I

am

content,:thefoule puts forth.it's power, indea-

yours, mightily crying

to

Cod,

and

fludying what

it

should do

to

know

the

way

Of

the Gofpel, more then

ever

it

did.

Fifthly,

One

that

hungers and

thirds,

his defires

are

refo-

lute, there's power,

and

indeavours,

audthey

are

refolute,

he

cloth

not

Eland

upon

conditions,

to indent

this or

that

way,

but

let the

indeavours be what

they will

be, and

indeed

this

is

the

work

of

grate

in

the

heart where

an

hypocrite

failes

:

when the

foule comes

to

relgne

it

felfe.up

to God,

it

Both

give

up

it'$

felfe

to

-Cod,

it fubfcribes

to

a

blank

as

it

were,that

.

God

fet

down what he will,

here

I

am

willing

to

yeeld

up

my felfe

"as

Paulin

hisconverfion

with trembling and

afloiiihmentAT4

;

Lord

what

wilt thou

have

me to doe

?

her

I

am

contdj

tb'

yeeld

up

my felfe

to

doe whatfoever thomrequireíl

:

that

this

is

a

condition

í

}ill)

I

only fpeak

this

in

a

sway

of meta-

phor

to

(hew the

fubmiílìon

of

the

foule

to'God,for indeed

this

is

not

a

thing

upon which

God

will give

faith, but

this

is

the

mannerof the

working of

God

upon

the

foule in bringing of

it

to

this righteoufnefs,

when

it's

in

this condition 'that

Chrit'l

here

fpeaks

of,Hungring

and

thirf

ing

after

thàs righteoufneffe

It's"

true

God

deales with a

great deale mare

indulgence to

fore

foules,

but

if

you

have

had

it

fooner

then

others,

doe

not

you

be

wanton and

fay

what

need

fo

muchadoe

in htingring

ant

thiríling

and

the

like

;

We

doe not

'impofe

this

as a

legal

qualification,

but

we

fay

this

is

the

way

that God

doh

worke

upon fome,

tokeepe them

a

great

while before

they

come to'

know

that they have

part

in this

r-ighteoufneffe,

to keep them

hungring

and

thirflitig

after

it,

and

fo

break

their

hearts...,

Sixt ly,

Which

is

very obferveable,

The

,

foule

is

unfätis' -.

ed

in

this hunger

and

thiríl, till this

rigfáteoufiiefs

do

h

conde

a

child

that

doth

but

play

with

-his

meate,

or

whore

belly fu

I,

may

be

crying

after fomething

that

he fees;

but

you

may

put

of

a

child with

a

Rattle when

his

belly

is

full, but

if

be

droughty

a

hungry,

then

'offer'

him what

rattles

you

will,

yet

he muff

have his

hunger fatisfied

if

he

be

'hungry

indeed, and

fo

it

is

with the foule,

many

a.

man

or

woman

hash

Tome.

begin

_.

3ík

dings

24,