zt'a nu ds longing, and 7Jauids loue. aduenture further to try a better fortune: but when hee had felt the Inart of hunger, hec would bane beetle in theflare of one of his fathers hired feruants, t Luh.t q,rq, r Makeme as one ofthy hiredJéruants. Dared beingwell hun`blcd,wculd take it in f l'fai sn,so. goo¿; worth to be a doere-keeper the heuf of the Lard: and the }moreCanea- nitïfli woman, when our Sauiour had well (drooled her, was content enen with t plat. IS. 27 e Cramsofmercy. " Theperfon that isfall, de(fzfethan bony combe, (faithSalomon) °;r 40 ; at unto the hungryfalse erery bzger thine is ft,eet. Though a man hate formerly a If,,48,4, beetle obflinate and flubborne, and*Ling to be reformed, hating annecke atan irenfinew, anda browas brq/fe,yet ifhee be orce brought to fee hieofelfe as it were at the brinke, and hell gaping toreceive him, and theeternal( weight of Gods difpleafnre, ready to ceaze uponhim,'then you !hall finde him trae able, mom- B. otnglike Ephraina,YOLordccnuert me, and Ii consoled, teelding meekely z [email protected], withPaul,' Lordwhatwilt thou that I doe ?Running to the Minifler like the peo- a r Sa. la r9. pleto Samuel,' Opray to the Lord at I dienot. And theywhich now count cue. rySermon to he theburden f the Lord, and are readyto fay twigSeers, See not, and to Prophets,Trophefenot untovs, would then tlrnneabout vs and bargupon vsas they didofòldevpoh 0.A-1r/es, when they lawthe gloryof Gads maiefly, bEsed,ao,r9 Talkeb thouwit h vsandwe will heare ; they would importune vs,and call opon vs, eA&.s3,rp. as the Rulersòf the Synagoguedid rpstu?rettlund Bornabs, 'that ifwebane any Wordofexhereaeien;we would,fay on. Thefewould bethe fruits ofthis feeling, and all fhewes of longing are but fhewes which fetch not their firft beginning irons thisdeep apprehenfronofthe woefril and ditheRed dilate ofamans owne foule. Sothen, now thou feet}, there is Come craie that I lhould be fufpicioás of thy pretendedlonging. For ifwhen I.looke into thee, ifwhen I rotiertewith thee, ifwhen Iobiroe thy tourie, I let thee robee lathan ote astite greuteftpart, a d 3cph. i.r2, mat,Froz.rsrtthedregges; one that ' bl ,é` thyfelfe in thy heart,one that know- ,Dewt.sqa9. eft nohow thou art poorer andwretched and mhrable, andblonde, and naked, ore f Rte .e,, whoflandeth in no aweof Gods iullice,one whole sNI, tren:bleebnotforfeareof g Pfat,rlg. God, neither art afraidof his indgement, one that yet vnderflandeft not what it :.m3 . is to bea linnet-And how fearful' a thing it is tofag intothe hands ofthe lining Gad, i Mai,g,r4, one that' deemefi itvain toferue God,aud a metre folly to befo religionsas forte hsTí.n.3. f. wouldbe; ina word, one' whoconrenteft thy felfe withaflrewofgedliaefe,with- outany power ofreligion. How Ihould I (uppofe it poftible for thee to bugto be fated, when thou canft not tell out ofthine owne feeling what it is coneed fal- uation? Shall d thinke bee longetit tobecured, who though it staybe beis liebe, yet feelethit nor? Shall I imaginebeedefre-htoberich,whothoughbeebein want, yet perceiueth it not? Reafon it Celle is cleate a;ainfl ir. I pray thee therefgrc learnt thisleffou, whichthough perhaps it may stbe learned, yet it will finde threeworke.for thy life, though then 4ouldefl liete yet many yeeres. All Gods children long vnf inedly for faluation, ifthou hatenot the fame affe_ &con with them, thou canflnot have the famefafuanion with them : thou wilt lay, I know, ifehna be asked, O Godforbid, Iwere a wretch if 'I did nor long INum.z3.m to befauedt Spraythee be notdeceiuedt A flight with tot die the deathof the righteous, as Salaam had, thou mayeft hate, andyet no longing. It is amatter longer in comming, then thou which feeler it not, art yet awareof. Thy heart muff frilbee foftned,before faluation can beelonged for : and I tell thee, it is a hard thingtocircumcif the heart, and to make itbleed, it bath a skittlegrownc mNumto. ouerit, which is not eafilyremooued; therefore pray the Lord " whichmade n Eon. n.tq. waters flow outofthe rocke, to finite thy flinty heart, to ° take theflogheartout oA&. t 6. 4. ofthy bedy, to open thyheart as her did ° Lydiaet, to pet anew ,fiiri: within the p Reu,3.t8, bowels, toP msnaint thine eyeswith eye-false, that fo thou =yell fee andfeele thine q Rnm. va&. owne wretcleedneffe, and mayeft feelingly acknowledge withTad, that in thy tPfal,38,4, qFl fitheredwellethnogoodnefr, withDavid , °chatthineiniquitiesareasaWeigbey burden
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