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They

that

hunger

are

6!effed

for

the

prefent.

ground,

I

will

pair mySpirit

upon

thy

feed,

and

my

blefng

upon

thy

-of-

1pring,.

So

that the feed even

of

the hungerers

and

thirf:-

ers

after righteoufneffe, they

are

bléifed;

And

it

may

be,

thou

that art

now

hungting

and

thitfling,

and

perhaps

all

thy

life

time

con:inueft fo,

it

may

be the

Lord

tvi!l

grant thefe

things

un:o

thy

feed after

thee,

that

thou

haft

been raying for thine

own foul.

Thou [halt

have

as

much

as

may fave

thee,

and

as

much as

ihhall

fatisfie

thee,but

for

the particular

of

[hare

things

that

thou hall

been praying for, it

may

be

God

will

grant

is

to

thy feed after

thee, But here's

a

promife that

God

will pour

water

Upon

him

that

is

thirfly,

and floods upon

the

dry ground:

And

how

lightly foever

a

carnal!

heart

may

think

of the promi-

fes

of the Gofpel,yet

fuch

as

are gracious would

not

give

their

portion

in

them

for

a

thoufand worlds

;

fuch

a

promife

as

this

they would embrace,

and make account

that

their

riches con-

fills

more

in

it,

then

the

riches öf

a

covetous man

in many

bonds and

bills that he

bath

of

many

hundreds

and

thou-

fands.

But

the

main

thingwherein they

Are

bleffed

is

in

that

which

Chrift

faith,

Theyfhall

be

fatisf

ed ;

And

we have many

pro-

mifes for

this betides this

of Chrifl,

in

Prov:

O.

24.

The

de-

fire of

the righteous

fhall

be

granted,

rn

the

1445

Pfa1:19.

There's

another promife:

that

God

will

fullfill

-the

desire

of

them

that

fear

him, and

in

1

fal:

10.3.9.

Hefatisfeth

the longng foul, and

fi

leth the hungry

foul withgoodnefjè.

They

naafi

be

rätisfied,

how

is that

?

Thus,

Firft

,

So

farre all hungring foules in

this

world fhall

be

farisfied,

as

they

hall

find

fuch

con.enrment

in

the

wayes

of righteoufnefs,

as

their

hearts fhall never

turn quite

out

of

thofe

wayes

what ever

temrtations

they meere with,

certainly

this

is

fore

fatisfaétion

;

certainly

there

is

fonie fatis-

fadion

in

a

foul

when

it

is in

fuch

a

way

as

no

temptation

can

poffibly

draw

it

out

of

that way,

if

there

be

a

Bee that

faflens

upon

a

flower, and

is

fucking

of

honey,

if

it

cannot

be got

o:f

of that flower, certainly the Bee

finds

fweetnefIe and

hones'

there,fo

all

thofe that

have

but

the'

left

beginnings

oftrue

grace

though they

be

hungring

after more, they would

faire

have

more

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