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The
Scope
of
the Sermon.
time
:
fo
do
you know
that
Jesus
Chrit}
lifts
up his
eyes
upon
you all,
and his
eyes
will be upon
every heart
all
the
while
his
Sermon (hall be
preached
-:
o
Chrift
comes into
the Congre-
gation to
look
upon this man, and
the
other
man,
to
fee
how
they will
entertain
his
word,
and
if
you will
but remember
-
this
one
note
all
along
as
we
goe,
it
will
be
of
very great,
ufe
to
you,
remember the
eyes
of Jefus Chrift
will
be
upon you, and
looks
upon your behaviour
all the while
:
and
that's
the
fifth
thing-by
way
ofpreface
.
The
fixth
thing
is
to
Phew
what the
Pope
of
this
Sermon
was:-
Sermon
2/.
and that
confiíts
efpecially in thefe
three
thins.
her,
z.
First,
To
difcover wherein
true
bleffednefle
loth
confft
Le-s
who
they
are
that
are
truly bleffed.
Secondly,
To
open
the
fpiritúalneffe
of the
Latin
or that
fpirituall light that
by
the light of the Gofpell
we conre
to un-
derftand
:
thrift
undertakes
to
Phew
the' dutyes
of
the
Law
how they were
by
the Gofpel raîfed
to
a
higher
highs
;
The
Gofpel
doth
not
abolish
them, but
fhewes
us a
more fpirituall
life
to
live
then thole
generally under
the
law
did underhand,
our
Saviour aimes
at
taking
of
men off from fatisfying
of them-
felves
in
externall dutyes
of
righteoufneífe,
ofprayers,
or any
other
way
;
or keeping from externall
fins.
And then
thirdly,
a
forewarning
of
false
teachers
:
Thefe
are
the
three
principle heads
of the
Sermon
; There
are many
other
things interwoven
in, but
for
the
ñrft
thing
;
It
is
to
Thew
wherein truebleflèdneffe confi$s, He
begins with
blef-
fedneffe
in
his
mouth, Bleffed are
the poor,
Bleffed,
Bleffed,,
again
and
again
:
From this
we have
thefe
notes
briefly.
FirfI, that
it
is Jefus
Christ that
teaches wherein
true
!lief
fedneffe
dothconfift
:
If
we
would. know
how
to
be happy,
and
bleffed,
it
mull
be
by
Chrift the
natural wifdome
of
man
can
never
reach
ir, there
were
amongT'hilofophers
a
hundred
and
four-
fcorre
opinions
of
mans
happméffe, and
fore
reckon
more
:
They
did but beat
theBufh,
it's the
Chrif}ian
that-cat-
dies.
the
Bird
:
'tïs
only
by Chrifi'
that
we may
know hoiv
to
be.