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Dearizre;

to

the

conditions

of

their hearers.

27

tute

of nece{íaries

fuch as

he cannot

live

without

:

the other

which

figni.ies

a

man

that indeed

hath nothing

but

bare

neccifaries, that that

can

maintaine life and foule,

as

we.

fay, and

keep them

together.

The word that

we

have

here

in

the

Text,

it

is

not

a

Poore

man

that

hark

but juíl

enough

to

maintaine him

but

it

is

the

.poore

that are

deftitute of

that that

is

nece{lary;They want

that

without

which they are

like

to perifb,

they apprehend

fuch

a

want

totbetnfelves, that's

the property

of the

word, Picky/

are

tk

e

poore.

The

poor,

but not

allpoore:

Bided

are

the

poor

in

fp:rie,rhere

are

fome

poore that are

curfed,

that

are

miferable

poore,

that

are every

way

poore, that

bring

poverty

upon thesníelves

by

their

idlenefte,

by

their

wickednefie;

by

their prodigality;

by

mifpending what they

have

when

th;oy

are young

and

have

time

to

lay

up

fomething againtl

char=,

come

upon

them,

fpend

it

all

prefently,

and

fo

they

and of

.r

familyes

are like ro

p.eriih

through poverty, Chriíl

dots

not pronounce

them blefied that

bring poverty

upon

themfelves

by abufe of

the creatures,

or

by

idleneffe,or

by

committing

fuch

wickednefs

as

they fbould

by

the ílroake

of

jutlice

bedeprived.

of the

comforts of this

world and

fo

be

made poore

;

nor

thofe that are through bare

necefl ty

pore,

Outwardly,

poore,

or through

any

fecret curie

ofGod

upon

their

eflates,

as

fometimes it is,he

Both,

not

pro,-

nounce fuch

to be bleffed,

asthefe

are:Oh

no, There

are

many

poore people, that are outwardly

poore,

yet are

far enough

from

being

poore

in

fpirit,

they

are'

outwardly

poore,

and

yet

proud,

flubborne, prophane and

ungodly,

forting

at

Godli-

neffe and

religion, certainly thefe

are

curfed

poo re; Th

ere

fore

in the

6 Luke

about the

o. faith

Chrifl,

B1ef

ed

are

the

poore

;.

when

he

lookt

upon his

Difciples,

B1ef

ed

are

the

poore

:

A man

may

bepoore

in

this world,. and

yet be

a

very curfed man,

be

wiferable in reference

to

God,

as

he

is

in

reference. to men,

yea

moremiferable

a

r

000

times in reference

ro:

od,then

lie

is

unto men

ô

what

a

multitude

of-the

poorefl of people

do

we.find living

without God

in

the world,

fewaring fdose, un-

a

cleane

poore;

moll prophane and

ungodly

as

ykinde of

E

z

people