They that hu gen are blejfed for the pne rent. 298 and thou wiltcaufe thine ear to hear ; and then in Pfd. 22.26. Themeekjball eat, and be fatirfied : they fha!! praife the Lord that feekhim, your heart (hall live for ever. They (hall praise the Lord that feek him, who are they but thole that hunger and third after him ? here's a promife, they (hall praife God ; you are now altogether in way of feeking, in hungring and thirffing, here's a promife that you (hall praife, and that your heart 'hall live for ever. There is a principle of life begun, and your heart íha1l live for ever, you think that becaufe of fo, much corruption that there is in your hearts that you (ha it at lengh fail oír, dye, vanifh and come to nothing, but they 1h411 praife the Lord that feek him, and your hearts (hall live for e- ver : You (hall praife God one day for thefe defires, for this hungring and thirlfing, that's another promife : and then in 41 Ifa. 17. When the poor and the needy feekwater, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirfi, I the Lord will hear them,I the Clod ofifraelwill not forf4e them, But, I will open rivers in high placer, and fountains in the midfh of the °alleyes, X will make, the wilderneffe a pool ofwater,and the dry land, fprings of water, &c. And I will fet an the defert the Firr -tree, the Pine, and the Box togeeher : Mark, how Gods heart is in this promife to thofe that this" : And we are to know that by there exprer fions of outwyrd things, fpirituall things are, couched under then(, for that was the way in the times of the Old Teffamenr e pecia4, that the Lordpromifed the graces of the Golpel moil under outward' things, in an external( way, but fpirituall ble pings were couched under them. And there's two tiaiùgs that I would obferve in this promife, the Firff is, how many times God e xpreifer.h himfelf and faith, I'le do this for thee, J, I,I'le do it, in the 17 verle, there you have I, I, twice,/ the Lord will hear them, I the God of Ifrael will not forfake them, then in verfe 18. /win open rivers in high places, and I will mare the wildernef e a poele ofwater, &c. then there's a fï fth and f xth I in verf 19. J will plant'in the wildernefe he Ccdar,and I will fet in the defert the Frr -tree, &c. Ile do thefe things for fuch as hunger, as thirff after irí ; they (hall have wirer: Six times in a very few words ofScripture,` god faith, 1, 1, I, I, I,I Q.cl 7. will~
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