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.kasles

to

help

finis'

in

the

way

of

hu7ing,

313

that

thou

hungrefl

and

thirffeff

after

fomewhar,

that

thou

haft

a

defire

after

fomething

in

the

wayes

of Godlineffe,

but

let it

be

after

all

the

wayes

of

righteoufnefs

;t

let

there

be

no

way

ofrighreoufnes,but

thou findeff thy

heart

thus

upright with

God to

hunger

and

thirff after it,and

thou canif

freely

exprefs

thy felfe

to God,

that he that

knows'all things knowes

that thy

heart doih

make

after

all

righteoufneffe whatfoever,

iris

that

thou longefl

after,

all

his wayes,

and all his

commandements

that

thou

mightelf fulfill them,

that

thou

wilt not give liberty

to

thy

felfe

in any

thing

that

is

not according to

his wayes

;

Hunger after

all

righteoufneffe.

Fourthly,

When

thou haft expreff thy

delires

to

God,

and

that after all.righteoufnef

e,

Tooke

after thy delires, often

confider what becomes

of

thy

delires,

how long have

I

thus

hungered

and

thirtled after

righteoufneffe,when

did God

begin

to

open

my

conscience, and

to

fair

my

heart

after righteouf-

neis

:

Think,

bath

it

not been ever

fine

I

can

remember,

or

for

a

long

time,

what

then

bath become

of

my

delires all

this

While,

what bath

becomeof

my many

prayers

that

I

have

put

úp

to

God

that

he

would come

in

with

-his

grace,&

renew

his

Image

in

my

fout

look

after thy defires,fee

what

becomes

of

them

;

many

men

and women have

a

kind of forme in pray

-

ing

tò God,

and

wishing

that

it

were

better

with

them, but

they do

not

look

back

to theirwithes,either God

grants

my

de-

fires,or he

doth not, either

I

doe

get

more power over my

corruptions,andmore ability

to

ferve him in

the

wayes

of

righ-

teonfneffe, or

I

do

not,

if

I

do,

then

I

have

matter to

praife

And

blefl'e

him

;

If

I

do not,

I

have

matter

of humiliation;

but

where's the

man

or woman

that

everyday

examines

what

be-

comes of

their

prayers

after grace,

to

make

either Gods

granting

their

delires

matter

of praife,or Gods denying

their

delires

matter

of

humiliation.

Fifthly,

Be

Pure

to

manifeff

thy delires

in

the

ufe

of all

meanes, observe

that

rule,

and

'obferve this particular in

it,

that

if

fome

meanes

will

not doe, then adde others,

if

ordina-

s

f

ry