r. What true hungring and thirfinc of the fowl is. water, and it never clofes againe till there be -tome iho} ryrs, and to faith Davti, O Lord it is with me as the thirfty land, I am as is were chopt, and I ende a gapeing inmy heart after fome (bowers of thygrace, and Lord till they come I Ball never have my-heart clofed, but as the this( }y land e Thus you have feene what kind of delires thefe are that the foule bath to this Righteoufnef e , as well as to the other. I should come now to the opening of the great defireable- nelle that there is in this Righteoufnefs : But all that I shall doe now, is, to delire you to take a review of this that hack been delivered ro you in the defcription of this hungring and thirfting foule after this righteoufneffe of fanelification. I fuppofe that there is not any one of you but have had fome kind of delires after grace, thoagh you have little underftood what it meant, but now, can you fay as in the prefence of God, O Lord thou haft wrought fuch kind of delires inmy fonle, in force meafure I can fay it, Lord it hath been, not from igno- ignorance, but from force enlightning of Chtills Spirit, I was an ignorant fottitla foul,notlong fince,but the light of thy Spirit came into me, and Chewed me the excellency of thy righteous nelle, what a bleifed thing it was for the creature tó live to God: And Lord thou knoweft that my delires for righteouf- neile, are for it felf: And there is no degree can fatisfie me till I come to heaven, I would have more and more; Lord thou knoweft that all my delires are rul'd and ordered by this great delre of my foule after this righteoufnefle, next to the delires of my foule after the righreoufneffe of thy Son : Yea Lord thou knoweft how painful it is tone to want it,there is nothing in the world more grievous in me then the body of death that I carry about with me, fo char if thou ihould'(t ask me from Heaven, and fay, foule what wouldeft thou that I fhould doe for thee, the Lord knowes I would make this anfwer, Lord let me have the Righteoufnelle of thy Son for my juftification, and let me have the Righteoufne(he of thy Spirit for my San&iñcation to overcome my corruptions, and to ena- ble me to five to thy praife : And Lord thou knoweft that O o thefe
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