Rules to help fouls in the way of huogring. 317 thole that (hall be. lived, and this is the way to have the de- fires of thy foule fatished. Thou`fayell thou hail been tugging and labouring, and nothing comes. this means, try chi; way, to aer thy faith upon Jews Chri i r righteoufnede, thou - fl yell, I feare I (hall prefume, but never feare prefuming in a Ting upon Chrift for righteoufreife; there's feare -of pre- funning when thou doff acT upon Chriflmeetly' to fave thy foule, and to deliver thee from Hell, but when thou doí} aét upon him for righteoufnelfe, there's no feare there ; when thy foule is after Righteoufnefle, and thou findefl that Chri& is appointed by the Father ro be the Conduit of conveyance of all grace from the Father, and thou art call'd to colt thy foul upon him that thou mightell have fore work of his Spirit con- veyed to thee, for the fubduing of thy corruptions,and for die 'enabling thee to live righreou{ly before God in this world ; Fear not orefuming in this cafe, for prefumptuous hypocrites would beleeve in Chri,} onely to be fav'd from hell, but they do not prize the righteoufneffe of Chrill much, they would Leek the Kingdome of Heaven for deliverance from Paine and torment, but to Peek the Kingdom of Heaven and the righte oufnefle thereof, they do not fo much look at that, it is not that that Will feede their foules, but now when thou haft a , hungry foule after righteoufneffe, and corned to ChrifI, to clole with him, know that his flefh is meat indeed, and his blood is drinkindeed, both for -Juflifrcation and Sane idcation likewife. Eightly, If thou findeft iin thy hungring and thirfliing after righteoufinefs, that thou had not vet thy defire, refolve this with tlay f lfe, if my defire cannot be fatisF.ed in this, I will neVer fuller my delires to wander after other things any more, till \I-can be fatisfied here, keep thy heart in this re olutioi, and this will keep thy hear in filch a frame as righteoufneflé will come. Many men and women they have good deliires fur- red in them for a time, but they vanilla away, becaufe, not ha ving,their defires fulfilled, they come to let Out their deli res to other things. But when the heart comes to this, O Lord, my
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