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which renders them
Bleffed.
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is futable
to
his
fpirítuall poverty,
now
if
thou
be
fo
fpiritually
poor, then
doe
hot thinkthat
thtiu muff
be
a
choofer
;
No,thou
muff
nót'choofewhatThycédiforts
hull
be,
or thy ability shall
be,
or what
thy worth íhall be,
or
any
wages
fhail be, or
at
what
time or
means
God
shall
come
in
unto
thee,
thus or thus
:
No,
thou
muff
leave
that
wholly
toGod
onely
this
;
Thou
muff looke
up
to
God
for
mercy,
ô
Lord
let
me have
mercy,
'
but
how
?
and when
?
or
ar
what
time,
and what
degree
and
meafure
?
that
I
leave
wholly
to
God,
onely my
foules
delire
is, that
the Lord would havemercy
uponme
;
many
doe difco-
ver that there
is
not poverty
of
fpirit
in
them by this thing, for
when
they
feeke
to God
for
mercy,
if
theyhave
not comfort
coming
in as
they
would,
their
fpirits are
£
oward, even
with
God himfelff
fuch
a
fpirit
is
not
down;
but bleifed
is
the
poor
in
fpirit, that is,
thofe
that íhall
lye downe flat
before
the
Lord,
and
be willing
to be
at
Gods
finding, here
I
am,
and
let
God
doe
with me whatfoever he
will,I
lye
ab'olutely
at
his
mercy,
:
and I doe not expect
to
have
my felfe
to be
choofer
of
any
thing
that
I
doe defire.
Eightly, thofe
that
are
truly
poor in
fpirit, They
look upon
others
that
God
hath
bleifed with eminency of grace,and blefs
them
in
their
foules
;
they
think
their
condition
high
;
ô
fuch
and
fuch
doe
I
lee
excellency
of
grace
in,
ô
how happy
is
their
.condition
faith
a
poor
fpirited
man
or
Woman.
IV
thole.
people
that
are poor, when
they come
by thofe
that
have
grèarhoufes,
and
great
comings in
;
layes
they
are
happy
men
indeed
:
So
thofe that
are
poor
in
fpirit,
when
they
fee others
that
have
eminency
of
grace, they'
looke upon thofe
as
fuch
as
have
ob-
lainerl
excellency
indeed
:
they
lookenot
upon
the
rich
and
honourable
in
the world,
as
the
mo}
excellent,
but
thofe
that
have
the
greateff eminencyof
grace,they looke
upon
them,and
bleife
them
;
ô
how
happy
were
it
if
I
could
walke
fo
with
God
as
fuch
doe,
if
I
could overcome my
corruptions
as
fuch,
if
I
could
prize,
and'
profit
by
the
Word,
as
fuck
:
ô
how happy
!hound
I
think
my
'felfe
to
be
:
This
is
a
good poverty
of
fpirit indeed,
H
Ninthly,