To the Poor in Spirit. theirfeats, andfcattereth the Proud in the !rna- ginations oftheir hearts,and rnaketh his Enemies lick the dufl : to Thom the Kings andConquerors ofthe Earth are 4ts the f lliefi 'rums and the whole world is Nothing, andTighter then Vanity, hich he will portly turn into flanges before your eyes : This God bath font me toyou, with that cyful.lUrf Page which needs no more but your be- lieving entertainment, to make it fufficient to rare youfrom the dull, and r%anifh thofe terrours and troubles from your hurts,= and help you to live like the Sons of God. e commandeth me to tellyou, that_he takes notice ofyour forrows : he /lands by whenyou fee him not, and fay, he bath forfakenyou : he mindsyou withgreatefl tender- nefs,rvhen youfay, he bathforgottenyou : he num- breth your ftghs he bottles up your tears : the groans ofyour hearts do reach his own. fie takes it unkit dly, thatyou are toffJ iciousofhim : and that all that he hash doneforyou in the work of Redemption, and all the gracious workings of his Spirit on vci=r f etas, and all your ownpeculiar ex- periencesc ofhis Goodnefs, can raife yen to nohigh- er apprehenfens,of his Love ! Shall not Lave be acknowlec'ed to be Love, when its grown to a Miracle ? 1,Ihen it furpaJeth Gemprehen fon ! Null the Lord Jet up Love and Mercy in the work ofRedemption, to be equallyadmired with bis
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