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318

jlyúrc

to

help,

fouler

zu

the

way

ofhungring.

my

delires

are

fo

fer

after the renewing

of

thy

Lnage,

after,

righteoufneffe,

that Lord if I

have

not

fatisfaetion

here,

I

will

not

havefatisfaction

in

any

thing

elfe;

It

is

of

very

great

con-.

fequence

for

thee

to

latur

to keep thine appetite

continually

after righteouineffe. Take

heed

of

thole things

that

will

take

away

thy

fiomack

after this ri2,hteounietie.

There

are

three

things

that

will take

away

the

[lomack,

as

in

the

body,fo

in

the

foule.

Firft,

A man

bath

his

flomack taken

away,

either

by

form:-

what

that

clogs his flomack,

there's

fotne humours.

that

is

got

into

his

flomack, and

fo

takes

it

away

;

or

Secondly,

By

wind that,may

fill his

flomack, and

fo

he

bath

not anappetite to

his

meaty;

or

Thirdly, For

want

of

exercife,

becaufe he

doth

not (fir

and

aEt.

So

it

'sin

the appetites of

men

after

righteoufneffe. There

three

thingswil take

their appetites

away,either

i.

when Ionic

ill

humors

are got into

their hearts,

by

that

I

meane

fome

cor

ruptions , force

ill

diflempers that they

have given

way

to

themfelves

in,

and

fo

defil'd their

foules,

many in

their

young

time were

wont

to

have

mighty

appetites after

righteouíneffe,

they would

run

to

the word,

and how

earneflly

would they

pray,

as

if they

would

rend

the

Heavens againe, but

now

we,

find no

fuch

thing

in

them, there

bath

got

fame fearfull

flu

ffe

into

their hearts,that

bath

defil'd their

fouls.

Or

Secondly,

Some

windy ftuffe,

by

that

I

mean,

when

the heart lets out

it

felfe

to

carnal

contentments, there

be

many

that

have

made

forward profefïìons, and mighty

ht

n-

grincs and thirflings

they

have

feem'd

to

have,

and

the

O di-

nances of

Chrifl

how

precious

were they

to

them

,

but

now

they

are

altogether

for

the world,

and

give themfelves

up un-

to

the delights

of

the flefh,

and what

company

is

it

that

now

they prize moll, but that

company

wherein they

have

mnor

contentment to

the

flefh, that

they prize moll, there

bath

got

windy iluffe

into their flonucks,that

bath taken

away

their

appetite.

Thirdly, For

want

of

exercife. Many Chrifhans they

grow

dull

and

heavy;

it

may

be they

keep themfelves

from the

fine

of