They shall be filled
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness in this way, for they shall be filled. They shall be filled with the thing they long for, even with righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24). God shall satisfy them with the blessings of his goodness, with the happiness of his chosen. He shall feed them with the bread of heaven, with the manna of his love. He shall give them to drink of his pleasures as from the river, and the one who drinks of it shall never thirst (John 4:14), except for more and more of the water of life (Revelation 22:17). This thirst shall last for ever.
The painful thirst, the fond desire, your joyful presence shall remove. But my full soul shall still require a whole eternity of love.
1771 text
5. Blessed are they who thus hunger and thirst after righteousness. For they shall be filled. They shall be filled with the thing which they long for; even with righteousness and true holiness. God shall satisfy them with the blessings of his goodness, with the felicity of his chosen. He shall feed them with the bread of heaven, with the manna of his love. He shall give them to drink of his pleasures as out of the river, which he that drinketh of, shall never thirst: only for more and more of the water of life. This thirst shall endure for ever.
The painful thirst, the fond desire Thy joyous presence shall remove: But my full soul shall still require A whole eternity of love.
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Sermon 22 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:5-7.
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