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299

They

that

hunger

are

bieffed

for

the

prelim..

will do ir,

as

if he

fhould

fay,

poor hungring thirfling

foul,

you

cannot fee how

it

can

b;;

done,

you find your

hearts

fo

vild,

corruption

fo

prevailing, that

you are

ready

to

think

it impof

fible

it

fhould be do

ae,

but 1,1,

1,

I,

I,

I

will

doe it

:

The

Second thing

to be

opened

is,that

the Lord

takes

away

the

ob;edtions

that might

difcourage hungring and thirfling

foils:

fay

they,

How

í7,a11

I

come

to

have this

righteoufnef

e,

I

live

in

filch

a

place where

we have no

meanes,

the

have no miniflry

at alt,

or

io

little

purpose, I want

the meanes, let not that dif-

courage

thee,

I

will

open

rivers

in

high

places

and fountaines in

the

*aft

of

the

valleys;

will make the

welderneffe

a

pool

of

water,

and the

dry land

ffringsof

water,

Alaffe

thirfly people

that are

in

the wilderneffe,

what (hall

become

of

them,I

will

make

the

wilderneffe

pools

of water,

and the dry

land fprings

of

water,

faith

God

;

Perhaps

you

may come

to

fome places and hear

the ex-

cellency of the Gospel difplayed before you,

and you may

think, had

we

but the Gofpel

fo

preached

among

us;

as

no

queflion,

many

poor people that

have

been

forced to

fly

to this

place

for

refuge,have had

fuch

thoughts,if

God

would

but fend

the

Gofpel

of the

preaching of

the

excellency

of

Chritt

among

us,

how

fhould

we

be fatished'. But

how

(hall

our rout; be fa-

tisfred

when we have not

this

?

Mark this promife

and

make

ufe

of it,

I

will

make

thewildernefe

a

poole

of

water, andthe dry

land

fprings of water,

God

can

bring into

your

wilderneif

,and

to

your dry land

thole

fprings

of

water that

may

refrefh

and

fatisfie

your

foules

;

And then

in

Ifa.

44,

3.

For

I

will

ponr

water

upon

him

that

is

thirfly,

faith

God,

and

floods

upon

the dry

íround,

1

will

pour

my

foirit

upon

thy

feed,

and

my

bleffing

upon

thine

off-

fpring

;

Here's

an

excellent proud

e,

even

to

you

and

your

feed,

for

that's

a

moll uncharitable,

and

a

very

evill

opi-

nion,

that's

much againfi

the

Covenant

Of

grace,

and

doth

much darken

the

glory

of

the Coven lilt of grace,

for men to

fay

that the children

of

beleevers, of the godly,

have

no

more

promife,and

are

in no

fence

in

Covenani with

God,

no

more

-then

any

other

:

Thefe,

befides

others,

tha-

God

promifes to

circumcrfe

their hearts, and the

heart

of

their

feed,

and

here,

I

will

pour

water

upon

hm

that

is

thirfly,

and

floods

upon

the dry

ground,