They that hunger are bleffed for the prefent. will do ir, as if he fhould fay, poor bunging thirfling foul, you cannot fee how it can be done, you find your hearts fo wild, corruption fo prevailing, that you are ready to think it itnpof - - fible it fhould be dole, but I, I, 1, I, I, I will doe it : The Second thing to be opened is,that the Lord takes away the ob;e&ions that might difcourage hungring and thirflirg fouls : fay they, How fhall I come to have this righteoufnefle, I live in fuch a place where we have no meanes, the have no miniftry at all, or to little purpose, I want the meanes, Ter not that dif= courage thee, brill open rivers in high places and fountains in the middy of the valleys,' will make the wrlderne f fe a pool of water, and the dry land fpringsof water, Alafle thirdy people that are in the wildernelfe, what fhall become of them,I willmake the wildernef fe pools of water, and the dry land fprings of water, faith God ; Perhaps you may come to Tome places and hear the ex- cellency of the Gospel difplayed before you, and you may think, had we but the Gofpel to preached among us; as no queflion, many poorpeople that have been forced to fly to this place for refuge,have had fuch thoughts,if God would but fend the Gofpel of the preaching of the excellency of Chritl among us, how fhould we be fatishhed ! But how fhall our fouls be fa- tisfied when we have not this ? Mark this promif and make ufe of ir, I will make thewilderneffe a poole of water, and the dry landfprings of water, God can bring into your wilderneife,and to your dry land thole fprings of water that may refrefh and facisfie your foules ; And then in Ifa. 44. 3. For I will pour water upon him that is thirdly, faith God, and floods upon the dry çround, I will pour my foirit upon thy feed, and my bleffing upon thine off- fpring ; Here s an excellent prouaife; even to you and your feed, for that's a moll uncharitable, and avery evill opi- nion, that's much againn the Covenant of grace, and doth much darken the glory of the Covenant ofg °ace, for men co fay that the children of beleevers, of the godly, have no more .promife,and are in no fence in Covenan: with God, no more -then any other : Thefe, befides others, tha° God promifes to circumcife their hearts, and the heart of their feed, and here, I will pour water upon h'm that is thirf y, and floods upon the dry ground,
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