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the word
which
is
(owed
in
the furrowes
of
their
hearts.
In
the
meane
while the
Lord
may in his
heavenly
\-\
ifedom
feede them
for
a
time with
a
(paring
hand, to
the end
that
h
may
trtielyhumble them
vnder the fight and
fenfe
oftheir
corruptions;
and
that
he may
hereby
fo,
fharpen
thcir appe-
tites)
that they
may
-with
more
hungering
delire, and
ear
nef}
indeuour,
feede vpon
the
heaucnly.rnanna
of
his
word
;but
as
this fhould
increafe
their diligence,
fo
it
fhould
not
decreafe
their
hope
and
comfort,
for
mof}
aífuredly
when
the Lord
bath
a
while
whetted their
f
}omack,
and
by pulling backe
bis hand mooued them more earneí
}ly
to
defire,
and more
highly to
ef}eeme
this precious
foode
oftheir
foules,
hee
will
fully
fàtiffie
their hungring
delire, nourifh them
in all
fpiritu-
all
graces,
and make them
who
are
but
babes, arcing men in
Chria.
In
the meanc time
let
them
not faint, but
vvaite
vpon
the
Lord,
be
f
}gong
and
truf}
in
him
and
he
will
Purely
com-
fort
their hearts,as
the Pfalmif}
fpeaketh ;Pfa1,27.16.
Secondly, whereas they
cotnplainc:
that
they
doe
not
after
the hearing
of
the
word,
perceiue
in then-if-dues
any increafe
ofknowledge,
faith,
pr any falling
grace, they
are
to
know
that
howfoeuer
no man
ought
-to
ref}
conten-ed
in
this
elia.te,
but
are
to
ia_bòur
more
and
more,
not
onely.to haue,
but
alto
to
difcernean
increafe
ofgrace
in
them,
and
a
progreflê
in
all
vertneánd
godlineffe, for
otherwife,tho ugh
they may
be
the
childré
ofGod,
who
for
a
time
Iiue in fuch
a
cafe,yet they
can
not
attaine
vnto the
aff;ra;ace.
thereof;
nor
ferle
the
comfort
ofit
in
their
own
:confelences,
neuertheles,
there
is
no
reafon
why
they.
fhould
def,aire
or be vtterly
difcouraged;
for
though
they find no fruits
oftheir
hearing,
yet.
if
in
obedi-
ence
to
Gods
commanclement,
they
will
with
care and
dili-
gence
continue
f
}il
hearersofthe
word,they
fhal
vndoubted-
ly
in
the
end
attaine voto their
delire, and dilcerne in them
-
felues
a
great
increafe
ofgrace
and
godiineffe.
We.know
that
the
feede
loth
not
prefently
bring
forth.,
fruit
whenì
it
is
call
into
the
ground, but
lira
it
feemeth
to rot
and
perifh, and
then
it
fprouteth
vp in
a
grcene blade,
and
then it beareth
an
care. and
a
great
increafe
and much
fruite
;
and
fo
it fa-
reth
ofterititnes
in hearing
the
word.
of
God,
for at
firl
it.:
e
e
(,'er.
f
0a_tions
for
filch
as
bevva'le their
-
want
if
fie
-
1e
g
the
Nils,
oftheir
hea-
ring.
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