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lncouragernent to
thofe
that
hunger.
403
led
full
with
the
grace
ofGod
in
thee,
and
the
very thoughts
of this
that.there
is
fuch
a
time
a
coming,
doh
in
a
great mea-
fure fatishe
the
foule for
the
prefent,
how will
the
Joule
then
be fatisfied when
that
time
is
come.
Blejj'ed
are
they
that
ham-
ger
and
thirfl after
righteon
fnef
they
fhall
be
fatis
f
ed.
Now
for Application
here
is an
ufe
of
cemfort
and
encou-
Application.
ragement to thofe
that
hunger
and
third
after righteouf-
nefs.
This
hunger
and
thirft
of
thine
after
righteoufneffe
be com-
forted
in
it it's
a
fgne
of life,
if the
child cry for the breaft
furely
it
is
alive,
As
new
borne babes
defre
the fincert
mii4c
of
the
word
that
they
may grow thereby.
It's
a
ligne
that thou
art
a
new
borne babe at
leaf
t,
that's the expreflion
of the
Apoflíe,
in
the
I
Peter
z.
2.
As
ne
v
borne babes de
fire
the
fncere
milkof
the
word
that
ye may
grow
thereby,
if
fo
be
ye have
lofted;
that
the Lord
is
gracions.
Here's
an
argument
of
a
new
borne
bab
,
wherefore
is
it
that thy
foule
doth delire
fo
much
after the
word
?
Is
it
not that
thou mighteft grow
thereby ?What's
that
thon
mayeft have more
power over
thy
corruptions,
and
be
more
enabled
to
ferve
the Lord in
holinefs and righteoufnefs
all the
'dayes
of
thy
life
;
thou art
a
new borne
babe,
there
is
life.
Secondly,
It
is a
good
fign
of
a
Thriving
Chriftian, not only
of
a
Living Chriftian,
but
of
a
Thriving
Chriftian
:
As you find
it
by
experience
in
the body,
when
a
man
or womanbegins
to
have
a
good
appetite
to
their meare, to
be hungry,we
fay,then
they
mend; A man that
begins
to
have
a
ftomack,to be hungry,
and
to
tafte
his
beere,
he beg
ins now
to
thrive;
fo
it
it
is
with
the
foule, thou
haft
not
that
growth
that
thy
foule
defires, but
haft thou
a
ftomack
to
thy
meare,
canft
thou
tide
my
drink,
canft
thou tafle
the waters
of
life,
canft thou fay,
diefe are
fweet, O
that
I
might
have
more,
I am
a thirfl
and
delire after
more
;
when thou
cornea to theword,
thou
fetteft
forne
milk
to nourifh
thee,
and
thou.
hungreft
after
more;It's
an
argument
that
thou
art
in
a
thriving condition,
its
a
lióne
of
health
that
thy
foule is
haile
;
that
thou
haft
not thofe
diftempers
and
cor-
ruptions
that
other
men have,
other
men whole
foules
are
clog-
ged