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2,1713

óßi?!'

at

trtrr

l:ursrirs

¿

rd

thirflirr

of

the foul

'oppofe

it,aitd

I'lebleíle

God

if

Go

will

crofeme

ú

that

de.

fire. This

is

the right delire after

this righreou;neffe,

when its

a

ruling

delire

,"

It

rules

in

the

foul,

it

is

the chief

delre

and

no

clef

ire

can

be

cheritht

in

the

foul

but

such

a

delre

as

maybe

force

way

ferviceable

ro

this great

delire.

ofthe

foul

in the

bun-

gringand thiríling

after righreou,netfe.

Fifthly,

The

defires

ofthe

Lou!

in

hungring and

thiríling

af-

ter

this

righteoufineffe,

it's

a

delire that

pain goes with

;

As

was

(hewed

in

the other

hungring and

thirfting after the

righ-

reoufneffe

of

Ch:

ill,

there

was

a

pain

:

As in

naturali

hunger

there

is

pain,

fo

in

that

;

the guilt of

fin

was

painful!

to the

foul

;

and

fo

here, the

unruly corruptions

of

the heart

how

griévous are they

to it. When did

you

ever

hear

of

Taut

crying out for

any

of

his fufferings, O wretched man

that

I

am

:

When

he

was

buffeted, when he was

imprifoned, he

did

not

wring

his hands

and

cry,I

am

undonebecaufe

of

imprifonment;

when he

was

fcourged he

did

not

cry

out

;

he could

fing

when

he

was

in

the

flocks,

but

when

he

found his

corruptions to be

furring

in him,

and

the

want

of

force

degree ofthis

righteou

neffe,

he gives

a

dreadful! fchreek,

and

cryes our,

O

wretched

man

that I

am, who shall

deliver

me from this body of death,

-how

shall

I

come

to

get

power over

thefe

corruptions,

and be

inabled

to

walk

after God, O

that

I could

have but

this, then

I

were

a

happy man

;

and

therefore

you find

that this

hungering

and thirfting after righteoufiieffe

followes upon

mourning,

Blef

f'ed

are

they

that

mourn,and

then

BlefJed

are

they

that

hunger

and

thir,

fl'

after

righteoufncf

e

;

that

is, thofe

that

firfl are affec-

ted

with

mourning for

the

corruptions

of

their

hearts,and then

upon this mourning

there

followes this hungring and thirfling

after

righteoufnefle.

Sixthly,

This delire

likewife muff be

very earneft,

it's not

a

willing

and

a

woulding,

but

a

mighty earnefl

"delre;

A Di-

vine of oursfaith,The

defsres

ofa

hypocrtte,they

are

faint

delires;

but

the

fincere

delires ofthe

foul

are

fuch

as

make

the

foul

faint,

that is, they

are

fo carnet+

e

s

makes

the

foul

even pant

a-

-,gain ;

we have

fuck

exprelfions, in

the 119

Pfal.

5.0

that

my

gray,

faith

David,

were

directed

to

keep

thy

f

atutes.

David

fact