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meanes, whereby
wee may
attaine vnto
thofe
graces
which
'we
doe
delire
:
for
it
is
not
fuflïcient
that
wee
with
for
faith,
repentance, and other
graces,vnlefl'e
vve
indeuour
to attaine
vnto
them, and to this
end carefully
vfe
all
good
meanes
or-
dained
ofGod
for the obtaining our
delires.
Secondlie,
this
delre
mutt
no
bee
fuddaine like
a
flafh
of
lightning,
vanifhing
away
as
foone
as
it
entreth into vs,but
we
muff
cont antly
perfeuere in
it,
till
it
be
fatisfied.
Thirdly,it
muff
not
bee
a
flight,
and indifferent
deliire,
as
though
we
would
haue
thofe
graces,ifwe could
eafily
attaine
vnto them,otherwife
wee
doe
not greatliecare whether
we
haue
them or
no
:
but it
muff bee very earneD,
at
leaff
Tome-
time, though not
alwaies
:
So
as
wee may
fay
with Dauid
:
My
fo.0
to
longeth
after
thee,
O Lord,.
as
the thirflie
land.
Pfal.
63.1. And,As
the
Hart
brayeth
for the
rimers
of
Dater,
f
pan
-
tethmy
foule
after
thee,
O
God : as
it
is
Pfal.42.1.
Fourthlie,this
delire
is
true, and
pleafing
vnto
God,
when
as
it proceedeth from
a fenfe
of
our owne
want
and penurie,
in regard
whereof
wee are
truelie
humbled. And
hereofit
is
compared to
hungering and thirffing;
in which
two
thiJgs
concurre,
firfl,a fenfe
ofwant
which
affli6teth vs,
and,
a
de-
fire
to
haue
it
fupplied.
Fiftly,
it
is
not
fufficient
that
we haue
a
continuall and car-
net'
delire
of
our.faluation,
vnleífe wee delire
as
earneffly
the
fubordinate
caufes
and
meanes
tending
thereunto;
namelie,
vocation ,iuf}ification,faneification,
faith, repentance, and
the
ref+
of
the graces
of
Gods
fpirit
:
for euen
'sham
him-
,felle
did wifh
that
he
might
die
the death
of
the
righteous,
but
his delire
was
not
acceptable
to
God,
becaufe
he
wifhed
notalfo
to liue
their
life
:
he defired
to die like
them,
that
he
might
be
faued;
but
hee defired
not to
ferue
the
Lord
inho-
linefï'e
and
newnesoflife,
whereby
he
might
haue been
affu-
red pffaluation.
If
therefore we
would
haue our
delires
acceptable to
God,they
muff
be
ioyned with
an
holie
indeuour to obtaine
:thole fpirituall graces which we
doe
deire;theymuff
be
con
-
ffant,
earneif, and proceede from
a
true
fenfe
and
feeling
of
our
ovine
v'
ant,andbe
referred.
as
well
tothe
meanes,
as
to
the
Hoe
the
Chr
frrian
being
foiled
may
be
raifèd.
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