Quest. 2▪ Do I hunger and thirst after Christ? This also will be an evidence of your spiritual life; for dead men do not hunger, they do not thirst: Say then to thy self, Lo, Oh my Soul! thou art invited to a Feast, to a Banquet of Gospel-dainties, to a Feast of fat things, a Feast of Wines on the Lees, of fat things full of Marrow, of Wines on the Lees, well refined, Isa. 25.6 Lo, Oh my Soul, Wisdom hath killed her Beasts, she hath mingled her Wine, she hath also furnished her Table, she hath sent forth her Maidens, she crieth upon the high places of the City; whoso is simple let him turn in hither: As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith unto him, Come eat of my Bread, and drink of the Wine which I have mingled, Prov. 9.2, 3, 4, 5. Thus the Lord doth call thee, O my Soul! to rich and costly provisions, but where is thy hunger? where is thy appetite? If I could find I hunger, I could find an Invitation to go, for I read my Lord hath said, Isa. 55.1. Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the Waters, and he that hath •• money, come ye, buy and eat, yea come, buy Wine and Milk without money, and without price. And John 7.37. In the last day, the great day of the Feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst let him ⟨p. 80⟩come unto me and drink. If I could find I hunger, I can find a promise that I shall best ti••••d. Mat 5.6. Blessed are they which hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they sha•• be filled Come then, tell me, O my Soul▪ Dost thou feel an emptiness in thy self, and […] want of those things which alone can satisfi•• spiritual hungerings? Art thou •inched? A•• thou p•ined with the sense of the want of Christ? Art thou impatient till he come unt• thee? Dost thou think the time is long till he doth fill thee? Canst thou take any pains th•• thou mightest enjoy him? Must thou have […] Christ, or nothing will content thee? Th••• thou art one whom God doth call; be encouraged, arise, and go to the Table of thy Lord This is another thing that thou must enquire after, because it is not only thy duty to have life, but to have spiritual hungrings after Christ when thou goest unto the Table of the Lord▪
Quest. 2▪ Do I hunger and thirst after Christ? This also will be an evidence of your spiritual life; for dead men do not hunger, they do not thirst: Say then to thy self, Lo, Oh my Soul! thou art invited to a Feast, to a Banquet of Gospel-dainties, to a Feast of fat things, a Feast of Wines on the Lees, of fat things full of Marrow, of Wines on the Lees, well refined, Isa. 25.6 Lo, Oh my Soul, Wisdom hath killed her Beasts, she hath mingled her Wine, she hath also furnished her Table, she hath sent forth her Maidens, she cryeth upon the high places of the City; whoso is simple let him turn in hither: As for him that wanteth understanding, she saith unto him, Come eat of my Bread, and drink of the Wine which I have mingled, Prov. 9.2, 3, 4, 5. Thus the Lord doth call thee, O my Soul! to rich and costly provisions, but where is thy hunger? where is thy appetite? If I could find I hunger, I could find an Invitation to go, for I read my Lord hath said, Isa. 55.1. Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the Waters, and he that hath •• money, come ye, buy and eat, yea come, buy Wine and Milk without money, and without price. And John 7.37. In the last day, the great day of the Feast, Jesus stood and cryed, saying, If any man thirst let him ⟨p. 80⟩come unto me and drink. If I could find I hunger, I can find a promise that I shall bes• ti••••d. Mat 5.6. Blessed are they which hun•ger and thirst after righteousness, for they sha•• be filled Come then, tell me, O my Soul▪ Dost thou feel an emptiness in thy self, and 〈…〉 want of those things which alone can satisfi•• spiritual hungerings? Art thou •inched? A•• thou p•ined with the sense of the want of Christ? Art thou impatient till he come unt• thee? Dost thou think the time is long till he doth fill thee? Canst thou take any pains th thou mightest enjoy him? Must thou have Christ, or nothing will content thee? Th thou art one whom God doth call; be encouraged, arise, and go to the Table of thy Lord This is another thing that thou must enquire after, because it is not only thy duty to have life, but to have spiritual hungrings after Christ when thou goest unto the Table of the Lord
