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311

Rules

to

help fouls in

the

w

y

of hungring.

eft have, yet befure to

renounce

all

unrighreoufnelfe

;

I

am yet

in

ä

hungring way, and cannot find

that

righteoufnelfe

I

doe

defire,

but

Co

Lord,

this

I

hope (hall be

my care

for

ever,what-

foever becomes of

me,I

will renounce unrighreoufneife,indeed

I

cannot

get

fuch

abillity

to

ferve

God

with

that

inlargement

of

Spirit that

I

defire, I do not

find

that

I

do grow

as

I

would

grow

in

grace, but Lord

this

through

thy

mercy I hope I

(hall

keep

for

ever

in my

heart, that

whatever

appears

to

be unrigh-

teoufineife,

I

will

not

meddle

with

that,

I

wilt

have nothing

to

do with that

:

In

the 119 Pfal, 2.

3.

Saith

the

Pfalmifl

there,

BlefJèd

are

they

that

keep

his

tefl-tmontes,

and

that

feek¿,

him

with

the

whole

heart,

what

followes

?

They

alto do

na

niquity,

they

tvalkjn his

wayes.

They that

feek

the Lord with

their

whole

heart,

they

do

no

iniquity, that is, in the

meane

time

while

they

are reeking

God,

if

it'

be

with

their

whole

heart, they

do

renounce

all

iniquity,

there's

no way

of

fin

but

they do

abhorre

it

as

Hell,

and will renounce

it

;

Though

I

am

not

able

to

guid

my

feif

as

I would,

and

to

do

what

I

ought, yet

thus far,

I vv'l

have

nothing

to

do

with

my

former unrighteous

way,

this

is

of

great

ufe

to

thofe

fouls

that

Cod

is

bringing unto himfeif,

in

a

way of

feeking hint, but

yet do not

apprehend they

have

found

him

;

They will

renounce unrighreoufnetle, many men

and

women,

they

feek for

righreouinelfe, (

they think

fo

at

leaf}

)

but

in

the

mean

time

they.give

way

to

themfelves to

force un-

righreoufneffe,

and

fo

they

flatter themfelves

in

their

delres,

and

think that

God

will accept

of

their delires

for

righteoufnes,

though

they

give

way

to themfelves

in

tome wayes

of

unrigh-

teoufuefs, take

heed of that.

Secondly,In thy hungring

and

thirfling after.righreoufuelfe,

do thou

often exprelte there thy defir

'rs

before

God

; often

expreffe.thy

delires inthe pretence of God,when

thou

art

alone

ïn

fecret

tel God

of

all

thy delires

that

thou hail

after

his

righ-

teoufneffe,

after

his wayes

;

appeale

to

God of

thy delires,

it's

an eafie

matter

to tell

men

that

thy

delires are thtis,but

exprefs

to

God

dayly

thy

delires

after.,

his righteoufneffe.

Thirdly,

Look

to

it

that

it

be after his

righteoufneffe that

thou

doll

hunger and

thirfl, donot

fatisfie

.thy

Celle

in'chïs

that