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268

Comforts

to

thole

that

hunger.

faction

to

any

foul

to

have the righreouinefs

of Chrifl applyed

to it

for

it's

áit'charge..

No

foule can

be more content in

the

,

alluranee that

Chritts

righteouineís

belongs to

it,

then

Chrifl

doth to

have

his

righteoufnefs applyed unto

foules

that doe

hunger and

third

after

it,-

as Lath

been fpoken of

in

the

text,,

and

for that

Ile

give

you

onely this

Scripture, the

5

3

of

Ili:

a

deer

prophefie concerning

Chrifl

:

vet

:.

io.

it's

faid,

It

plea

-

fed

the

Lord

to

brui

fe

him,

he

bath

put

him

togriefe,

when thou

(halt

ma1`,e

his

fulean

offering for

fin,

he

(hall

fee hasfeed,

he

fball

prolong

his dales,

and the

pleafure

of

the

Lord(hall

profper

in his

hands,hefhall

f

ee

of

the

travel

of his

fouland

fhallbefaris

fied,For,

ify

his

knowledge

(hall try

righteous

fervant

luflifie

many,,

for

he

(hall

Beare

their

iniquities:

lvlark,He

(hall

fee

of the

travell

of

his

fain

and fhall

be

fatisfied

:What

is

the

travel of the

foul

of

Chrifl,

Purely

it

is, that

after

he

"hash

borne

the

burden

of

the wrath

-of

the Father, that then there,might be

foules

given

to

him, and

difcharged

of

their

1m

through

his

fulferings, this is

the travel!

of Chrifls foule,

Is thy foule travelling

after the

righteoufnefs

of

Jefus

Chrill

?

Thou

arc

as

it

were in

a

travell,- and

longea

after that

as any

woman-in

travel!longs to be

delivered;

know

the

foule of

Chrill

is in

as

much

travel

for

to

difcharge finners,

as

finners'are

to

be

diícharged,

and faith

the Text,

He

(hall

fee

of

the

travel

of his

foul

and

he

(hall be

fatis

fled

:"There

is

nothing

in the world

can facisñe

the

foule

of

Chrill

as

to

have

pòore

finners come in

to him,

and

to

communicate

his

righteoufneffe

to

them,

for by his

knowledge

-than

my

righteous fervant

juíli-

fie

many,

that

(hall'

fatisfie

his foul,

as

if the

Holy

Ghofl

should

fay,

after

all

that Jefus

Chrifl

hash

f

utfered

for foules, when

any

foule

(hall come

in

and

beleeve

in

him, the Lord

Jefus

!hall

apply his.righteouineffe

to

them and iulli

ie

thein,

and this

is

that

that Chrifl

t7,ai!

account worth

all his

íferings, (hall

as

is

were

fay,

I

do not

grudge,

I do not

repent

for

all

that

I

have

fuffered

Teeing

I

have

the fruit of

it

that hère

are

poore

finfull

foules

diftha ged

of

their

fins

by my futferings

;

this

is

a

great

help

and

comfort

to

thofe

that

are hungring and

thirfling after

the

righteoufnefs

of

Jefus

Chrill,

you fee

what

the

hunger

of

Chrill

is,

the

travel!

of

his

foule,

and what

it

is

that

will

fads-

fie;