268 Comfits to thofe that ,hunger. faction to any foul to have the righteouhiefs of Christ applyed to it for it's difchirge. > No foule cari be more content in the ailuraoce that Christs righteouineis belongs to ir, then Christ cloth to have his righceoufneís applyed unto foules that doe hunger and thirft after it, as hach been.fpoken of in the text, and for that Ile give you onely this Scripture, the 5 3 of 1fá: a deer prophefie concerning Christ : ver: io. it's fäid, It plea - fed the Lord to bruite him, he bath put him togrief e, -when thou (halt make his Pule an offering for fin; he (hall fee his feed, he fall prolong his dales, and the pleafure ofthe Lord (hall profiler inhis hands,he f all f ee of the travel of his foul and fhall be fàtis fiéd,For, Ity his knowledge fhall "my righteous fervant juftifie many,, for he (hall Beare the.r iniquities: Mark,He (hall fee of the travel! of his fuel and(hall be fatisfied: What is thé travelof the foul of Chrif +, Purely it is, that after he bath borne the burden of the wrath'of die. Father, that then there might be foules given to him, and difcharged of their fin through his fufferings, this is the travel( of Christs foule, Is thy foule travelling after the righteoufnefs of Jeff's Christ ? Thou art as it were in a travell,- and longeft after that as any woman-in travel! longs to be delivered; know the foule of Chrif} is in as much travel for to difcharge fanners, as finners'are to be difcharged, and faith the Text, He (hall fee of the travel ofhis foul and he (hall be fatis fled : There is nothing in the world can fatisfie the foule of Chrift as to have poore fin hers come in to him, and to communicate his righteoufnefle to them, for by his knowledge- Mall my righteous fervaht jufli- fie many, that Ihail' fatis;tie his foul, as if the Holy Ghoft (hould fay, after all that Jeff's Chrif( hash ïutfered for foules, when any foule (hall corne in and beleeve in him, the Lord Jefus (hall apply hisrighteoutileffe to them and ;rrftihethem, acid this is that that Chrif( (hall account worth all his fufferings, (hall as it were fay, I do notgrudge, I do nor repent for all that I have fuffered feeing I. have the fruit of it that hère are poorè finfull foules difiha ged of their lins by my futferings ; this is a great help and comfort to thofe that are hungring and thirflingafter the righteoufnefs of Jefus Chrif +, you fee what the hunger of Chrift is, the travell of his foule, and what it is that will fads- fie;
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