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Poverty
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Blef ed.
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long,
you
that
have
eflates,
and
doe enjoy them, do
you
finde
fuch
a
difpofition in your
hearts, indeed
if
it
were put to
it,
that rather then
you
would deny the
lean truth of
Cod,
all
your
eflate ihould goe
:
Rather then
you
would commit
the
leaf} fin
any way againt}
your confciences your.efüates
t71ou1d
all
goe,
and you
will
prize rather
the:ivitneflìng
to
any
truth,
then to
live
in all
the jollity
in this
world
;
could
you
bring
your hearts
to
this,
why
this
is
to
.be
Poor
in
fpirir, in
the
,midi}
of
all
your aboundance
:
it
is
not
grace to call
away,
our
eRares and riches
willingly,but grace
conaí}s in
the
wel mana-
ging
of
our
elates
while
we
have
them,
and
in the willingnefle
ro
parr with
them
when
God
calls
for
them.
But Secondly,
Blefhed
are
the
poore in
fpirit, that
is,
a
fpirit
willing
to
lye
down
under
God
in
a
low
condition,
when
I
am
put
into
fuch
a
one
---
Firl}, fuch
as
are willing
to
be
poore
if
God
will,
-,
And Secondly,
fuch as
are already
pure
for
their
outward
eflate,
and futable
to
that poverty of
their
out-
ward eflate; they
find
a
poverty
in fpirir,
that
is,
their
fpirits
doe
lye down
under Gods
hand, and are willing
to glorifie
God
in:
this
way
that God
hark
f
t
them,
they
do
nor envy
at
others
that are
in
a
higher condition,
they
do not murmure
and
repine
againR
God
; why
doth
God
difpence
his
gifts
fo
diverfly, that
fuch and fuch
men (hall
have
fo
much,
and
other
men
(hall have
fo
little
;
No,
God.
bath by his
providence
broúghtme
to
this condition,
and
Lord
here
I
am,`and fùbmic
to
thy hand,
I
am
content
to glorifie thee
in
this mean
conditi-
on that thou haft
fey
me
I
`am
content to
apply
my
felfe
to
thofe dutyes that
thou
requireli ofme
in
fuch
a
poor
and
low
eflate
;
many
poor people
think,0 if
I
were
rich
as
others
are,
then
indeed..i could glorifie
God,
burin
the Fay that
they
are
in they
vex
and
fret,
and
Peek
after shifting
waves
to provide
for'themfelves,
and cannot
bring
their
foul es
to
glo.ihe God
in
fuch
a
low way
wherein
theyrre, but
noFV.if
you
can find
your
hearts fubmilive to
God
in
that
low
way
wherein
you
are,
blefed
are
the
roore
in
fpirit
:
And this
difpolition
of
your
fpi-riras
to be
willing thus
to
glori
fie
God, it
is
a
greater
excel-
lency, then
ifGod
made,you the
chiefe
of
a
Parilh,
or
the
ci
iefe
of
a
Kingdom.
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