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foils
in
the
way
of
hangring.
of
the times,and
`fróm
fatisfying
the
&Ili
in
carnali
things
but
they grow
dull
and
fluggith
and
negligent, and-there's
no
ex-
ercife in
them,
no
firrings
of heart after God,whereas
if
thou
wouldefl
keep thy heart warme, every morning do not for
fashion fake
meerly
go
to prayer,
but
pray
till
thou
getteff
thy heart warme
againe,
as
if
a
man
bath
not
a flomacke,
it's
good
to
go abroad
in
the aire, that may do
fomewhar,
but if
his faomack
be
farro
gone, hewill not
only walk
abroad
a
little,
but
continue
walking
till
he finds himfelfe warme, and
then he
conies home
and finds a
good flomacke,
fo
let
Chriflians
be
much in fpirituall
exercifes,
that
will
keep
their
appetites after
fpiriruall things.
91y,Let
not
your
defires
after more righteoufnefs,make
you
forget
that
you have, look
tò
that,
if
God
bath
been pleated
in
in
any
me lure
to
give
you any
power over your
corruptions,
any
ability
to
do
any
fervice for
him,
take
notice
of
it,
bleife
God
forir,
and becaufe you have
not
all you
de(ire, do
not
fay
you
have none at
all,
do not
wrong
the
grace of
God,
and
think
that
all's but counrerfit becaufe
you have
not
filch
a
de_
gree
as
you
would have.
s
if
a
man
ihould
give
a
kinsman
fo
many
pieces
of
gold
to
fe
t
tradewithal,&
he
tllotiïèl
fay;
what
hark
he given
me,they
are
but
a
fewC_ountersa
kinsman
would think himfelfe wronged
by his fo
faying,
fo
it
is
with
many
a
foule
that
is
feeking
after righteoufneife.
The
'lord
hath given
thee
the graces
of
his
Spirit already,
tuarare
as fo
much
Gold,
thát
fo
thou
mightef+
fet
up for
Heaven,
but
be-
caufe thou hafl
not
fo
much
as
thou wouldeff have, thou
thin-
kef}
it's
all
but
counterfeit,
take
of this,
thou fhouldef+
bleffe him for every litttle, every good
motion, every
good
in_
clination,
bleffe
God
for
this,
and
fig
expe& more
:
For
poot'e
bodyes
that were
ready
to
ffarve,if
you.
!hould give them
but
a
peece of bread they
would
be
ready
to
thank you for
that,
and
hleife
God
for
that,
but if
they fhould
fay,
what's
this,
will
this fatisfie
our
hunger,
and
fo
fcorne
it,
you
would give
then-
no
more,
fo
it
is
with
the
foule,
if God
gives
any
thing,
bleffe
him
for that,and fay,Lord
I finie
this
fweet,
I
find
the begin-
nings
of
the
work
of
thy
grace fweet
to
my
foule,O that
Iliad
motecTenthly,
A further rule
to be
obferved in
this
hungring
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