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Comforts to

theft

that

hunger.

the time ofthe

law,

upon legal

obedience,but

Jefus Chrit}

and

his

righteoufnefs

was

never given

to

any

foule, but freely

upon

meere

Free:grace,

nothing

but

Free

-grace

bath,

given him, He

is

the

gift

of

God

:-

And

together

with

the freedome

there

is

anin

itation

to

foules

to

come

and

take

it

;

Thou

that

art

thirfting after this

righteottfirefs;

confider of that-Scripture

in

the

22 Feve:

17,

The Spirit anti the

bride

fay,

come,

and let

him

that

heareth,

fay

come,

and

let

him

that

is

a

thirfl'

come,

and

whofoever

will,let him take of the water

of

li

fe

freey,Thou

thirft-

eit

after this righteoufnefs,

as

the water of life,

that

would be

life

to

thy foule

;

now

mark,

what

invitation

is

here,

The

Spi-

rit,

The

Bride,

that

is,

TheChurcgh,

they

fay,

come,

and

let

hint

that

hearethfay

come,

and

he

that

is

a thirf

g

come:

Here's

four

times

in one

verfe,

Come,

and

whofoever

gill,

let him

take of

the

water of

life

freely.

There's

nothing more

free then

this water

of

life, God

fells

it not

to

any,

but

whofoever he gives

it

to,

he

gives

it

freely,

arid

now

is

this

the

way

of

God

in

the

dif-

penfing

of

this

great mercy,

that

whofoever bath

had

it,or

ever

iliall

have

it,

it

mull

be given

freely

to

them, that

any

former

unrighteoufnefs fhall

be

no hindrance,whatfoever unrighteouf-

nefs

there

bath been

before, that's

no hindrance, for

if

it

were,

then

it

were not

given freely

:

There's

no unworthinels

then

that

can

hinder

:

and

if

fo, why may

not

I

have my

portion

in

it

as

well

as

another;

why may

not

I

be

blefled

by

it,aswell

as

any

It's

true,

I

am

vile,

I

am

an

unrighteous

wretch, I

am

unworthy,

but the Lord

gives this

water

of life

freely,

I

fa:

`

15.

1,

Fourthly,

I'le

adde

a

fourth confideration for thy farther

comfort, that

there's

nothing

can give any

right

to

any foule

to

apply

the

righteoufnefs

of Jefus Chrift, but meetly

this free

offer, and

the

foules

beleevina, the

foules

calling

it

felfe

upon

it

:There's

nothing

before that that

gives

any

right to

this

righteoufnefs

of

Chrit

+.

You

will

fay,

I

could

apply

it,

and

beleeve

it,

and call

my

felfe upon

it,

but that

I

feare

I

have

no

right in

it

:

Now

this

is

as

certaine

a truth

as

any

we

have

in

the

Gofpel, that there

is

nothinc_gives any

foule

a

right

to

Jefus Chrift but

beleeving'

in