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Carriage

in

fpirituall

poverty

'Nimbly, And further,

Bleffed are

the

poor

:

The

Poore

in

fpirit are

inch

as

are

willing

tQ

waste

:

Though

God

doth

not

come according

to their defires,

yet.

till

they are content

to

waste

upon_

God

:

God

shall

choole what

the

thingis

that

'half

be given

them,

and they are willing to

Waite

;

So

you

have

it

in

Ile

r

r

-

%e:

h.

r

t

Thofe two are

put

together

..

And it

was

b,

okg,:

in

that

day

.

that

is

the

ilaffe

of beauty

and

`.of;

bands

was

broken

:

arid,

the

poor

of the

find

that

waited

atpon

rne,

l¿new,

dint

it

was

the

word-of

the Lord

:

Men

that_are

menofeflates,

and

rich men, when they come to

a

door

for

bufneife,

if

fo

be

.

that they

cannot have

prefently

what they defire,away they

will

goe,rheywill

nor;fiand

waking,

why

becaufe they are

rich,and

,fo

proud

in

a

futahle

way

to

their

riches

:But

now,

one

that

is

poor,

and comes

for

an

allies

is

content'

to,

waste,

elleciaily

.

if

he

.knows

that

xhere's,no

other door

for

him

to

gde

to

at

that

time

;

if

indeed-he

thinkes he may have

it at

forne

other

dome,

he will not wait,but

if

he comes for

an

almes,and

he

mull

have

it

here

or

nowhere,

he is content

then,

to

.wait

:

-

fo

thofe

that

are

truly

poor in fpirit, they are content to

wake

at Gods

gates,

knowing

that; the

re's

no

other

door,

that

they

can

have

their

aimes at but only

at

the gates of

God : Thou

hail

been

feeking

God

it

may

be

a

'month

or

longer,

halfe

a

year

or

a

sear,

and

yet

cavil

fmcl

nothing,

ô.but

if

thou

canal

have

nier

y

at lall, thy condi

ion

is

happy

:

Thus

a

poor;

fpirited

crap-

ture,

will fay, and

will,hecontent to

be

waitingall

the'dayes-

of

his

life.

Tenthly, One that

is

çoore

hath

an awful

refpe& to

God

and

his

word

:

he

is

one

that

is

£truck

with anawfúll reverence

of the

greatneffv,of

God,

and

the authority

of

hair

word

.

This

you

have in the

66.

of

Ifa;tbeinning,

To

this

man

will

lode,

'even to

him

that

is poor, irnd

of-

a

contrite

fpirit,

and

that

trem-

-bleth

at

my word:

You

have thofe

put together,the

contrite,and

Poore,

and

that trembles

aç(ods

word,

when he comes

to

the

words and heares

ie

openedy,-hpApokes upon

it

as

having

a

4readful

authority

in

it;

the

lool es npon,the

word

as a

thing

Lo-

be

above

him,

and his

heart trembles

&all

he

thould

not

give

that

due refpe&

to the

word

that

he ought

to

do

:

and

when

a

pro:.