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Incoteragement
to thofe
that
hunger.
hunger
we fhould
give him
meat,
and
if
he
third
we fhould
give him
drink,
Rom:
12. 20. This
is
the
charge
ofGod
;
will
the
Lord give
a
charge
to
us
poore
creatures, that
when our,
e-
nemy hungers we
mull
give our enemy
meat,
and when our
e-
nemy thirsts, give him
drink,
and
íhall not
God bimfelf,
the in-
finitefounraine
of
all
mercy.
When
a
child
hungers
give
meat,
and
when
a
child
thirds
give
drink,
faith
Chrill,
Ifrou
that
are
evil!
know
howtogivegoodthings
to
your
children,
hoar
muchmore
Jall
your heavenly
father,
&c. Certainly
if
fo
be
thou hungreft
and
thirfleft after
righteoufnef
e, God
will
not
deny thee
when thou hungrefl
after that, he
will give
thee
bread,
he
will give
thee
drink for
the
fatisfy ing
of
thy foule
;
We
mull do
it
to
our
enemies.
The Lord
will much
more
do
it
to
the
foule
that
defires
above all
things
in
the
world
to be
reconciled to
him;
Sightly,
Be
of
comfort
in
this,
you
that are hungerers
and
thirflers,
there
hungrings and
thirflings
of
yours
will make
you
to
be praying Chrillians, they are
mighty ingredients
in
prayer,
and
it's
a
very-great
bleling
to be
a
praying Chriflian,efpecial-
ly
in
chef
times, there
are
no fuch
praying
Chriflians,
as
your
hungring and thirfling
Chriftians,
that
find
the
want
of the
righteoulneife both
of the
Son
of
God,
and
the
Spirit of
God.
Thefe
are
great
prayers in
Ifrael,
we have many
that
will
en-
large
themfelves
to
God
in
prayer, but
for a prayer
to
come
from
an
hungring
and
thirfling
foule
,
it's
a
prayer worth
a
hundred of thofe
prayers
that
come from parts and
me-
mory.
Ninthly,
Know
further,That the
ordinances of
Jefus Chrift
are appointed
to thee. There
is
a
time
when Jefus Chrift
will fatisße thy foule
immediately,
till the time
comes he hath
appointed
his
Ordinances,
his
Word
and Sacraments, for
the
fattsffmg thefe'hungring
and
thirlling
foules, and comfort
thy
felfe in
this, O
blefied
Saviour
I hope
to
have
full
communion
with thee
hereafter,
but
for t he
prefent
thou hail,not
left
me
dell
deflitutè,
and
l'le
take
what
thou
haft
left
me
thankfully
for
the prefent, expelling
a
more immediate
fatisfaClion from
tbee