Tbv that hunger are blefed for the prefe.t, z 96 comfort my felf in this, the Melling of the Covenant of grace belongs to me,ic is accepted as if I had that very righteouine.s that I fo much hunger and third for. And that's the fourth blefieddnefs. Fifthly, Which is a main thing to be confidered of, Bleffed are they that hunger and thirfi after righteaufneje, becaufe this hunger and thirlt of theirs it do.h quench finfull and bafe de- fires in the foule, it helps to mot-tine them. There is no fuch way to mortifie finfull defires as by gracious delires, as thus ; ( it is fo in all other aleó ions) The way to get bafe fordid love in the foul to be mortified, it is by love to God and love to Jefus Chriff : The way to ov ercome finfull joy, it is by the joy of the Holy Ghod : So the way for to mortifie bafe fitful! defires in the foul, wandring after this and the other thing, af- ter a thoufand vanities and follies in the world,that Both undoe the fouls of fo many thoufands, ( for certainly the wandring of the delires after vanity and folly is the dedru Lion of thou- fand of thoufands of foules .) is to have their delires right fet, to be taken oif from vain and bafe things, and to be fet upon righteoufnef e, upon the Image of God, and the life of God, and upon the principles of union and communion with God, they are blelled, for here are delires that do quench unlaw- full defies, finfull wicked defires, and fo:dorh regulate the foul, fo that bleffed are they in that refpeorx 61Y Bleffed are they,for this hungring & thirí}ing after righ, teoufneffe makes the ordinances of God, and any beginnings of the influences ofgrace to be very fweete unto the foul: How fweet is the word to that foul that hungers and thirfis: after righreoufneffe, how fweet is any ordinance of God, bec ittfë all ordinances are the conveyances of grace,appointed io by od, and any influence of grace to fuch a foul, how fweet is it ! when the Lord doth come into the foul in a prayer, or in the word, and doth quicken it a little, or help it with forne refolutions a- gaini fin, and gives it any power againd temptation, how fweet is this to the foul ; Bieffed is the foul that hach this hun- ger, for it fw,etens all ordinances, all beginnings of influence of grace. Qq Bleffed
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