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28

z

sYhAt

trite

hssngring

and

thirfing

of

the

foule

is,

thefe delires

have

been

Barnett, and

not

at

a

moode

or flash,

but-in

a

conaant

and

felled

way

:

And

they

have

been induftrious, Lord thou

knowett

the

paines

that

my foule

iiath

taken,and

Rill

am willing

to take,if I might but

overcome

inch

corruptions,

and

be

enabled

to

walke

with

thee

inholi-

neffe

and

righteoufneffe,

I

care not

what paines

I

tooke

e

And Lord,

this bath

been from year to yeare,

and

I

am

refol-

ved that

this

fhallcontinue,

and through

thy grace I

hope

it

will continue

to

my

dying day,

fo

as

if

I

£houid

perilh

I would

perish

crying

to thee

for

the

Righteoufneffe

of

thy

Son,

and

ihr

the Righteoufnelfe of

San

&ihcation of

my

heart;

Lord this

it

is

that

thou

haft

wrought in

my

foule,

now

if

thou

caul}

be

able

thus

to

appeale

to

God,

Blelfed

art

thou,

Blcffed

are

t/

ofe

that

doe

hunger

and

thirft after

righteoufneff

e,

in

this manner

But

now though in

the very nameing

of

thefe things,

perhaps.

the Lord

may

be

plelfed

fo

farre to

worke upon tome

hearts

as

to

quicken force

delres

after the

wayes

ofGod,

and

Righte-

oufnetle, yet the

main

thing

that

is

to

be

prefented

to

you

for

the

quickning

of

your

hearts,

is

the felting the

beauty

and

the

excellencyof

it

before

you

;

And

fo

the

comforting

and

en-

couraging of the

foule to

Peeking

after

it.

SERMON