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Tke
defcription
of
a
poor
fpirited
man,
fpirited
man
;
when
fuch
things are adequate
to
a
mans
fpirit,
then
.h
hath
a
btfe
and
poore
npiric
;
The
fpirits
of
the
Saints
are
all
rayied fpirits high,
though they looke upon themfelves
as
unworthy
of
any
crum
of bread, yet they
account Heaven
and
Earth,
not fuflcient
to
be
their
portion.
But fecondly
(to
adde
two or
three
particulars,
to
(hew
you
a
bafe
poore
ipirired
man)
a
man
that
when he
lets about
any
excellent worke, he
is
prefently discouraged with every
little
difficultie,
here's
a
poore fpirited
Man.
The
firf+
was, fd bafe
as
they minde
no
excellent worke at
all
,
they
have no
excellent'
thing
in
their aymes,
in
their
thoughts.
But
fuppo:e by feeing
of
others, they
doe begin to
fit
upon
force worke
that hath
an
excellency
in
it;
but
as
footle
as
ever
they
meete
with
any
difficultie
in
it,
they
are
dead
in
the
neat+
prefently,
they are
quite
difcouraged,and
fall
down
and leave
all
;
here's
a
poore
bate
fpirited
man,
that, that is
hindered eyther
from
a
worke by
forefeeing
of
difficultie, or
when he
meetes
with
a
difficultie he
is
difcouraged,
when he
meetes
with
any
oppoútion,
yea
if
it
be
but
a
meere
£tn(ie
that
he
meetes with,
he
is
difcouraged.
Some
that
have
begun
to fet
upon
Religion,
a mock,
a
fcorne, every
little
oppofition
.
prefently
difcourages
them,
and
they turne
off.
And others
in
any
publicke
bufinefs
that
concernes Church or
Common-
wealth,
though being
put
upon by
others, they fat
uponir
a
little,
but
if
they be oppofed
or find
it
difficult and hard
;ther°
hearts are
dowse,
ô
thefe are
poore
fpirited men.
And then further, men that
are feififh,
that
are narrow
-fpi-
riled
men, that
are only
for themfelves, and
let
the
Publicke
goe
which way
it
will, they regard not
that,
but
if
they
can
provide
for'
themfelves,
there's
all
they
looke
at,
ô thefe
are
poore
bare
fpirited men
likewife
,
and come
not
to
the
height
and excellency
offpirit that
many
Heathens
have
conie.
And then
la
ly
,
Such as
are
led
afide like fooles by
every
temptation, every
little
temptation
can
lead
them
afide like
fooles
co
their
own
(laughter
For
a
man though he
is
con-
vinc'd
in
his
Confcicnce
that
filch
and fuch.things
he
d7,óú
-1
is
not doe; yet he
is
nor
able
to
refill-
the
temptari
on; -Let
bot
his
Com