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They

that

hgnger

are Biefed

for

the

prefent.

more,yet

they

find

fo

much fatisfa

&pion

as

they

will never

-turn

into the

wayes

of

unrighteoufnei

e

againe

,

they

will

never

leave the

patties

of Cod,

it

may

be thou

art

complaining,

and

fayeil,

I

have

been

defiringfo:

many

yeares, O

that

I might

o-

vercome

fuch

a

corruption, that I might be

enabled

to

ferve

.

God

with more

freedom ofSpirit,

and

cheerfulneffe, but

I

cannot

get

any

thing, I

find

I

do

nor grow,

I

get

little

;

Why

then temptation

comes,_

if

you can

get

taothittg,

if you

firive

and

labour,

and

defire,

and

pray, and can

get

nothing,

leave

off

all

:ai_h

temptation,

and

go to your former courfe

again

:

God forbid,

faith

the gracious foule,

Ile'

never

turne to

my

former wayes, for though

I

cannot

gem,

what

I

would,

yet

I

have

a

thoufand thoufand

times more peace

and

contentment,

then ever

I

had in

any

forme

r

wayes, and

that's

foie

fatis-

faclion.

Secondly,

Againe Thole that

hunger and

thirfl

after'

righ;e-

oufne.fs,

they (call

have

grace

growing,there fnail

be more

and

more grace, grace

(hall be

alwayes

coming

in,

perhaps

they

íhall

not

be

alwayes fenfible

of

ir, but

they (hall

have grace

corning in

to

uphold

them

at leaft

:

if

fo

be not

fo fully

as

to

comfort them

fo

as

they

defire, yet

grace

is

coming

in,

and

io

their

Spirits are kept

f

ìill

a

working

af_er

grace,

and

they

finde

fcmething to'uphold their hearts,

though not

fo fully

to

cont-

fort-

them

as

they would.

Thirdly, There

is

certainely

a

time

when

allthefehungring

foules shall

be

in

a

f

nfible way

fatisfied to

the

full,

that

is,

there

is

a

time

coming

wherein thou

(halt

never

fin

more,

wherein

thou

(halt never

be troubled

wish

that wretched

heart

of thine,

with

that proud,

fiubborne, carnall, difiruftfull

heatr

of thine, there

is a

time

coming

wherein thou (halt

ferve God

as

much

as

thou

wilt,

as

much

as

thou

doll

defire,

thou

shalt

do God

as

much fervice

as

thou cavil

defire

to

doe

him;

thou

fluait

have

as

much

grace

as

thou

-canfl

defire

to

have,

certain-

ly

that's

a

'bleffed

time,

and

that

will fatisf'e the

foules

of

any

that

are gracious,

that there

is

a

time

coming

that

they

(h

ll

ferve

God

as

much

as

they

can.

Thou (halt

have

(as

it

were

)

thy belly full, thou art now

a-

veffel

of

mercy,

and

(halt

be fil-

led