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( 15 ) by Chriſt Jeſus. Pſalm ix. 18. The needy ſhall not always be forgotten ; the expectation of the poor ſhall not periſh for ever. There is bread enough and to ſpare in your Father's houſe:"- Hath he ſaid ſo ? O then ! put him to his word, ſaying, LORD, do as thou haſt ſaid.

But what ſays God to me, that am longing, earneſtly longing for ſome taſte of his goodneſs, ſome view of his beauty, ſome comnmunion and fellowſhip with him ? Why, God ſays to you, that he " will ſatisfy the longing ſoul, and fill the hungry ſoul with good things. Matth. v. 6. " Bleſſed are they that hunger and thirſt after righteouſneſs, for they ſhall be filled." Hath he ſaid ſo ? Then let your hearts ſay, LORD, do as thou haſt ſaid.

Oh ! but is there any word for one that hath a quite other caſe to tell you of, that hath no longing deſire, no hunger, no thirſt, that hath as much need as any longing ſoul hath ; but I have no ſpiritual longing, not ſo much as a deſire, but like the parched earth, the dry ground, that can have no active thirſt, but hath many a wide cleft? God ſays,