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They
are
Bleffed
that
hunger and
thirfl:
26i
the deepe
counfells
of
God
concerning
his
way
in
bringing
man
tahimfelfe,
and bleffed are
thole that
have
their
eyes
thus
opened
,
bleffed are
your eyes
,
becaufe
you
fee
th;;te
things, Bleffed
are
they that hunger
and chirlì
becaui
e
of
the
enlightning
that they
have.
Secondly, Blefled
are
they for
the prefent,
for
their hearts
are taken with that
which
hath
the greatcfl
weight
in it,there's
nothing
that ever
concerned
God
hinelfe,
or
that ever
con-
cerned man, or
any
creature that
had
greatet
weight
in it
then
this that I
am
(peaking of,
nothing
of Gods
works, nothing
that
is
Ab extra (for
I
fpeake
of
that)
nothiiag
that ever concern'd
God inhis
working towards
the
creature;.
or in, glory
that
he
receives from
the creature
;
There
was
never
any
thing of
fuch
high
concernement towards
any
creature
as this,
is,
the
righteoufneffe
of
the
Son
of God
applyed
by
faith,
now
bleffed
are
they
who
have
their
hearts taken
with
this
righteoufneffe.
For
the
moil
of
you, what
are your-hearts taken
Withal!
?.
they
are taken with
meat
and
drink,
to
live
merrily,
ta
be
in
com-
pany,
and
toplay,
and
rower
downe wine, and
to
fatisfie
your
luíts; your hearts are taken wi:h
this, here's
no
bleffedneife in
this, but
now for
to
have
the heart
of
a
man
that
had
nothing
but
vanity and folly in it
before,
to
be taken
with
a
matter of
fuch
infinite weight and confequence
as
this righteouineife
is,
Bleffed
is
that heart.
Thirdly,
Bleifed are
they,
for
now
is
the time
when
this
righteoufnefs
of
Chri(+ is
offered unro finners, and bleffed
are
they that
by
the
work
of God
are
brought into the
way
that
God
brings
rhofe
into, that he intends tò give the righteouf-
nefs
of
his-Son
unto
;
In
the
time
that he
is
offering
of
the
±hteoufnefs.of
his Son
to
finners,if
fo
be
that
thou
hid'fl
but
f}ày'd
a
while,
&
God
had but
cut the thread of
thy
life off
be-
fore thou hadit
feen
the
excellency
of
this righteoufneffe
of
Chriff,
and
before thou
hìd'íì
had ()tong
defires after
it,
thou
could'll not have been bleft
;
But
bleffed
art
thou
that
in
this
time
of thy
Iife,that
is
the time that
Go_i
offers this
righteouf-
nefs
of
his
Son
to
finners,
that
110N
thou feeft thy need.
of
it.,
and
that
thy
heart
Works-after
it,, and
that
thou
arc
now
in
the
way