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3

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Rules

to

help

fouls in

the

way of

hungring.

ry

will not do

it,

then

add extraordinary, but efpeciallyobferye

this

in

the

ufe

ofineanes,letit

be

righteoufneffe thy

foul

longs

after

and labours.for.

A5-for

inflance,

it

may be you will

fay,

as

I

have

good

delires,

fo

I

do

ufe

means,

I pray, I heare Gods

wor-d,

I read,

and

confer with Gods

people, but when

thou

art

doing

all

rheïe,

is

it

righteoufneffe

thy

foule works

after

and

longs

for,

can(' thou

fay

when thou

goef1

to prayer. O Lord

I

pray,

and

that

I

would

have in

prayer,

is

righteoufneffe,

that

I

might

I

get

fomewhat this morning,

force

further improve-

ment

of righteoufneffe and increafe

of it,and art not

thou

fatis-

fied

in

thy

prayer except

thou findefl

that

thou hall

got

force

further

righteoufneffe,

that

thou

canal

that

day

overcome

thy,

corruptions more then before

;

And

fo

when thou goeff

to

heart

the

word;why

I

am

going

to

hear

a

Sermon,

and what

is

it

that

I

long

for,

faith

a

gracious foule

:

ô righteoufnefle,

ô

that God

would fpeak

to

my

heart,

whereby

I

might

get

pow

-

er

over my corruptions, and

be

more ífrengthned

in

his

way,

and find grace

increafed,

find

more wifdome, humility,

and

the feare of

his

name,

and

more fpirituall mindedneffe then

ever

I

have

had,

O that

Lmight

have

that in the word, that's

a

goad

Sermon

wherein God

fpeaks

to

my

heart,

for

the

furthe-

rance of righteoufneffe

in my

heart,

and

if I

come:to

the

word

and do;not

metre

with

God there

for

the

furtherance of

the

graces of

his

Spirit

in

my foul,

that

Sermon

is

not good

to

me

whatfoever

it

be

to

others,

becaufe

I

do not

find

the work

Of

Gods

grace

furthered

in

my

heart

any

thing

the

more

:

146w

ma-

ny.

times

do

we come

to

Sermons one

after another

and

never

think

of

this

tocome

with panting delires

after

righteoufneffe.

Further,

For the

ufe

of

meanes,

Ile

give

you

a

Scripture to

Phew

thatit's

not

enough.

for

you

to

hunger and

thirif

after

righteoufneffe,

except

you

exprefs

it

in

the

ufe of means,in

the

107

TM.

9.

ver:

there

s a

gracious promife from

God to

fuck;

He

fatisfieth

the

longingfoule,

and filleth

the hungry

foule.with

goodnejfe,

He fatisfieth

the

longing

foule;

The

longing,

and

taungring foul

are the

fame,

but

now

the

word

that

is

tranflated

pvo

tha

in

your

Books

the

longing

foul,

it

is

in the Hebrew,the

running

foul.,he

fatisfieth

the

foul

that

runs up

.and

down;that's

the pro-

priety