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4

z

whàt

things

are

required

in

true

repentance.

Me

third

offznnc,

they

earneflly delire

to

be

eafcd

and

releafed

ofit;

;tee

defre

to

r

for

as

thofe

who

are

ouerpreffed

with

a

heauie

burthcn,defire

be

freed

from

aboue

all

things

to

be freed from

it;

fo

thofe

who

feele

the

our

!hints.

waight

offinne

preflìng

them

down,

and

are

weary

and

tired

in

bearing

ofit,

they

inof+

earneflly delire

to

bee

eafed

of

this

intolierablebur

then, and will

neuer bee at

rea

till

their

delre

bee

accomplifhed.

This

kite

ye-

This defre-in

the Scriptures

is

refembled to hunger and

fembled

to

thirfi;

in

which

thefe

two things

concurre

;

firf}

a fenfe

of

hunger

and

our

want,

and fecondly

an

appetite or

carnal

delire

to

bet

thirst..

fatiffied,

and

to

haue our want fuhplied:

and

fo

in

thefe fpi-

r_ituall

things,firf} we

fecle

the

IN

ant

of

Gods

graces

and

Chril

}es

righteoufiicflè; and

then

wee

earr,ef}ly

delire that

we

may be filled and

fatiffied

with them.

So

that

to

hunger

and thirfl after the grace

ofGod,

and the

righteouf[ueffe

of

Chrif

},and

to be

wearie and heauie laden,are much

alike,and

both

are

bleffed

of.the

Lord

;

for

as

-thole

who hunger

and

thirfi

after righteoufiieffe,

are bleffed

hecaufe

they

fhall

bee

fatiffied,

as

it is,Mat.5.6.

So

they

are

bleffed

who

are

wearie

and heauie

laden

with

the

burthen

oftheir

finnes

;

for

fuch

Chrifi

calleth

vnto him,

and hath promifed

to

cafe

them,

that

is,

to

giue

vnto

them the

remiflìon

oftheir

finnes,and to

releafe

them

of

this

burthen,, by

taking

it vpon

his

owne

fhouiders. And

as

our

Sauiour calleth and

inuiteth vnto him

fuch

as

are

wearie and heauie laden,

Matth.i

i

.28.

So in

di-

uers

other

places, he

inuiteth

and calleth

thofe who hun-

ger

and

th.irí}

after his

righteoufnes. SoEfa.5'5.a. Ho

emery

one

that

thirfleth

come

yce to

the waters,andyee

that

haue

no

fill

¡ter

come buy,

and

gate,

come

i

fay

buywine,

ancimilke,

without

money:

and

Iohn.7.'

7. lefus

cryed

faying;

If

any

man

thirfl,let

him

come

v.et

o

me

and

drinke.

Apoc.21.6.

I

izill'Qiue

to

him

who

isathirfi,

of

the wellof the

water

oflife

freely. and.

".2..17.

Let

him

that

is a

tbirß

come,

and let

whafoetter

will;

take

of

the

well

.,

of

the

water

of

life freely.

A

notable

exa[nple.of this

thiii

ing

'Pfil,,63.t.any1

ere

haue in Dauid,

Pfal.63.2

:O

Clod

thou

art

my

God,early

rrrd

thee,my

foule

thirfleth for thee:

and

4z.1.As

the

Fart

lnrayeth

for

the

ricers

of

water,

fo

pant

eth

my

/öulc

after

thee O

Go

&

2:02y

fattle

thirfletb

for

God,

eucn

for

the

li,

ins

God.

And

lath,

5.6,

Efay.51.i.

3011.7.3

7.

ri

pG'C:

t

1-6.

and

zz.37-

Pfal,