401 They that hstnger are Blef ed for the prefent. more,yet they find fo much fatisfaetion as they will never turn in:o the wayes of unrrighreoufrjeife againe , they will never leave the pathes of mod, it may be thou art complaining, and fayefi, I have been defiringfor many yeares, O that I might o- vercome filch a corruption, that I might be enabled to ferve God with more freedom of Spirit, and cheerfulneffe, but I cannot get any thing, I find I do nor grow, I get little ; Why then temptation comes, if you can get nothing, if you firive and labour, and delire, and pray, and can get nothing, leave off all ,ái.h temptation, and go to your former courfe again : God forbid, faith the gracious foule, l'le never turne to my former wayes, for though I cannot get what I would, yet I have a thoufand thoufand times more peace and contentment, then ever I had in any forme r wayes, and that's force fatis- faetion. Secondly, Againe Thofe that hunger and thirfl afterrighre- ouanefs, they (hall have grace growing,there (hall be more and more grace, grace ;hall be alwayes coming in, perhaps they shall not be alwayes fènfibl of it, but they (hall have grace . coming in to uphold them at leafy ; if fo be not fo fully as to comfort them fo as they delire, yet grace is coming in, and lo their spirits are kept frill a working after grace, and they finde femething touphold their hearts, though not fo fully to com- fort-them as they would. Thirdly, There is certainely a time when all thefe'hungring foules (hall be in a fenfible way fatisfied to the full, that is, there is a time coming wherein thou (halt never fin 'more, wherein thou (halt never be troubled with that wretched heart of thine, with that proud, flubborne, carnali, diPtruflfull heart of thine, there is a,time coming wherein thou (halt ferve God as much as thou wilt, as much as thou doll defirei' thou lhait do God as much fervice as thou calla defile to doe him; thou flaatt have as much grace as thou canf1 delire have, certain- ly that's a'bleffed time , and that will fatisle the foules of any that are gracious, that there is a' time coming that they (hall ferve God as much as they can. Thou (halt have (as it were ) thy belly full; thou art now a- veffel of mercy, and ikialt be fil- led
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