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What true hungring and

th:rfling of

tire

faul

gis,

Ngy

foule

thirtiethfor

t{

ee,

my

field)

longeth

for

thee, faith the

Psalm

if

.,

but then

mark what tollowes in

the

8

ver:

My

foule

foll.owcth

hard

after

thee,

faith

David, that

will

be

the

fruit of

gracious

delres,

if

thou hail

a

delire to get

grace, to

e

u'.

t

righ-

re.nefle,

if

thou

doeff thirfl for ir, then

this will follow,

thy

heart

will

follow hard

after

Cod

in

the

ufe

of

all

means

that

God

is

pleated to afford, if there

be

any

ordinance of God

that

may

further

the

work

of

thy

grace,

thou

wilt

delre

that

to,

and

if

there

be

any

paints, if

ordinary meaner will

not doe

ir,

thou wilt

be

willing

to

ter

upon

extraordinry meanes,

there's

fuch a

corruption that

thou complainefl

of,

and

ordinary

means

will

not

doe

the

work, well though

it

be

to beate

downe the

body,

to

beate

down

the

fieha, whatfoever thou doff cro

e

thy felfe

in,

yet

this

is,

the

thing

that

thou

art relolved,if

pow-

er

againfl

corruption

can be

had, thou

wilt

have

ir,

thou wilt

-rather

doe

or fuller

the

hardef'f

thing

in

the world, then

not

have

there

thy

delires accomplifht.

;Sightly, they are abiding delires, they

will

continue

and

never be

quiet

untill the thing be done,

In the 119

Pfd:

zo,

v.

before named, My

foule

brealtth

for the

longing

that

it h,vh

unto

thy

judgements,

marke,

at

all

times,

there

are

fome

of

you

that

in

Tome

good moodes,

you have

even

breakings in

yc

ur

foules, mighty defires,.O

that God

would give me,

grace,

;and

you can pray

mightily,

and

fend mighty cryes to

heaven for

grace

in force

good moods.

It

may

be

when

you have

been

up-

on

your

fick

-beds

and

affraid

of death,

or when

you have b ern

furred

ma

Sermon,

you

have

gone home and,

have

inaiiifefed

your delires to heaven,that

the Lord

would

be pleated

40

help

you,

and

purge your hearts, and

give

you

grace, but is.itar

all

trines,

atother

times

you

are

faire

enough from

any

filch

Wor-

king

of

Spirit after this righteoufneffe, but it

was

in

Day.:ci, his

foule

did

break

after the judgements of

God

at

all

times,

by

judgements

we are

to

underffand the Statutes, the

Commas:de-

meats,

the

will

of

God;

that

is,

that

he

might

have

his

heart

futable

to the

will

of God revealed

in his

word,

and

in

-the

143 Pfab

6.

verf My

foul

thirtieth

afterthee,_.ois

a

ihirly

land.

Now

you

know

the

t

hirfly-land

it

gapes

for want.

-òf

k

't

a

:et,