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Corn

ff

its

to

the

fe

that

hunger,

269

fie;

fùrely

if

this be

an

oblea

fo f<atisfactory

to

his foule

to

juiìiSe

6nners, then

thou

=yeti

have

encouragement in

this,

that

when

thy

foule

travells

for

this,and

longe(t

after

this

righ-

teoufne{fe above all

things

in

the

world,anci

nothing

can.fanis-

fie

thee but

that, that

thou

f

salt in

due time ice the

travell

of

thy foule and

(halt be fatisded.

Secondly

, The great

defigne

that

God

hach

in

all

the

world to

glorifie himielfe by,

it

is by

the honouring of the

righteouftiefs

"of

his Son

in

the Application

cf it

unto

finfuli

foules for

their

difcharge:

of

all things that.

ever

God did, o:

ever

Thall

be done

in

the world.

The greateíl

defigne

of God

to

honour

himfelfe

is,

that the righteou(hetfe

of

his Son

may

be magnified

-in

working

fuch

a

courfe

as

this

is

to

deliver

fóüis

from the guilt of their

fin, and

to

let

them

as

righteous before

the Father, the Lord

takes

delight

in no

worke like unto

this

worke, here's the Mailer

-Peece

(as

I

may

fo

fay)

of

God,

and

the

glory of

God

:

Now their think

thus with thy felfe,

is

this

the

work

that

above

all

things

God

glories

in,

and

is

it

his

de-

fine

to

honour himfelfe

in

the

magnifying

the righteoulìietfe

of

his Son,

inthe

fruit of that righteóúfhefs,

to

difcharge

finfull

and

guilty

fanners by

it

then

who

are

they

that God

will

ho-

nour himfelfe

in,

and upon,

if

not

upon

fuch

whole foules

he

bath

begun ro

flit.

to

work

after

this

righteoufnets,to

long

after

it

above

all

things in

the world,

iris

that that Gods heart is

in

to

honour himfelfe by above

all

things,

and

it

is

that

that

God

bath put into

my

heart to delire

above all

things,

and

I

think,

yea

I

am

lure

if

I know any

thing of

my

heart, that

if

God

would but

once witnefF,

to

my foule

that

this righteoufir

els'of

his

Son

is mine,

I

fbould for ever give up my felfe

to

honour

him,

had

I

a

thoufand

lives'they should

all

ga.. for

tine-glory

of

his

name

;

Surely

Gods heart

and

thy

heart

-do_h'

meet

neer together

in this thing

,

and

therefore

be co.mforr

i

and

encouraged in

thy

hungring and

thirlling after this chit.

Thirdly,

There

is

nothing offered

more freely then

the

righteoufnelfe

of

Chrill

is,

of

all

mercies

that God

loth

be-

llow upon finners,the

mercies of Jefus

Chrifl

are

bellowed

the

moll freely.

There

are

many

mercies

that God bellowed

in