Inceasragernent to thole that hunger. 403 led full with the grace of God in thee, and the very thoughts, of this that.there is fuch a time a coming, doh in a great mea- lure fatisfie the foule for the prefent, how will the ioule then be fatisfied when that time is come. Blefed are they that bun - ger and thiríl after righteous fne f they fhall be fatis f ed. Now for Application here is an ufe of comfort and encou- Application. ragement to thole that hunger and thirfa after righteouf- nefs. This hunger and thirft of thine after righteoufnelfe be com- forted in it it's a ligne of life, if the child cry for the breaft furely it is alive, As new borne babes defire the fincere millee of the word that they may grow thereby. It's a figne that thou art a new borne babe at leaf+, that's the expreflion of the Apoflie, in the t Peter 2. I. As new borne babes de fire the fincere milko f the word that ye may grow thereby, if fo f be ye have lofted,"' that the Lord is gracious. Here's an argument of a new borne babe, wherefore is it that thy foule doth delire fo much after the word ? Is it not that thou mightef +grow thereby ?What's Char, thou mayell have more power over thy corruptions, and be more enabled to ferve the Lord in holinefs and righteoufiiefs all the dayes of thy life ; thou art a new borne babe, there is life. Secondly, It is a good fign of a Thriving Chriftian, not only of a Living Chriflian, but of a Thriving Chrrf +tan : As you find it by experience in the body, when a man or womanbegins to have a good appetite to their meate, to be hungry,we fay,then they mend; A man that begins to have a f+omack,to be hungry, and to taf+e his beere., he begins now t9 thrive.; fo it it is with the foule, thou haft not growth thatthy foule <defires, but haft thou a f +omack to thy meare, cana thou táf+e ;thy drink, canfcthou taf+e the waters of life, cant thou fay, there are fweet, O that I might have more, I am a thirft and delire after more ; when thou cornea to the word, thou fetteft force milk to nourifh thee, and thou. hungref +after more;It's an argument that thou art in a thriving condition, its a ligne of health that thy foule is haile ; that thou haft not thofe.diftempers and cor- Tuptions that other men have, other men whole foules are clog- ged
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