R,Jes to -help fouls in the may ofhungring. of the tinies,and from fatisfyingthe flefli in carnal' things, but they grow dull and fluggith and negligent, and there's no ex- ercife in them, no airings of heart after God,whereas if thou wouldefl keep thy heart warme, every morning do not for fanion lake meetly go to prayer, but pray till thou getteft thy heart warme againe, as if aman bath not a flomacke, it's good to go abroad in the aire, that may do fomewhar, but if his flomack be farre gone, he will not only walk abroad a little, but continue walking till he finds hinifelfe warme, and then he conies home and finds a good flomacke, fo let Chriflians be much in fpirituall exercifes, that will keep their appetites after fpirituall things. 9Iy,Let not your deliires after more righteoufnefs,make you forget that yoù have, look to that, if God both been plea£ed.in in any me lure to give youany power over your corruptions, any ability to do any fervrce'for him, take notice ofit, blefle God for it, and becaufe yon have not all you defire, do not fay you have none at all, do not wrong the grace of God, and think that all's but counrerfitbecaufe you have not fuch a de gree as you would have, s if a manfhould give a `kinsman fo many pieces ofgold to fé up is tradeavithal,& he (hotid fay, what bath he given me,they are but a few Counters,a kinsman would think hinifelfe wronged by his fo laying, fo it is with many a foule that is feeking after righteoufneife. The-Lord häth given thee the graces of his Spirit already, ttlat are as fo much Gold, that fo thou mightefl let up for Heaven, but be- caufe thou hall not fo much as thou wouldefl have, thou thin- keft it's all but counterfeit, take'heed of this, thou fhoùldefl blelle him for every little, every goodmotion, every good in_. clination, bleffe God for this, and fo expe& more : For poore bodyes that were ready to flarve,if you fhould give them but a peece of bread they would be ready to thank you for that, and blefle God for that, but if they Ihould ay, what's this, will this fatisfie our hunger, and fo fcorne it, you would give them' no more, fo it is with the foule, if God gives any thing, blefle him for that,and fay,lord I finale this fweet, I find the begin- nings of the work of thy grace fweet to my foule,O'that I had more;Tenthly, A further rule to be obferved in this hungring i
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