430 / 1054
Peafonr
of
jod.r
'red
to thofe
would
have
the
glory
ofhis power,the
glory."of
hii wifdome,the'
glory of
his
bounty, of
his
patience, I
but
that's
not
the glory
that God
doh
look
at moft,
but that he
mi
Pub
magnifìe his
free-grace
in
his Son;
t
nit's the glory
that
Gó'.i
do_
th
molt
de-
light
fit
Now of
all
c'I
po
tions
in
the wdrld,
this
di
pofi
do:: of poverty
of
i
Lit,
is
that that
ferves
Cods
end,
and
Gods
defigne
bell,
and
therefore
no
'marvaile though
God
doth
fo
much
acce?t
of
it.
Secondly,
fuch
a
dif}
orition makes
thefbule'ro
b_
e
conform-
able even unto
jefus
Chriff
:
We
know
that
Chriff
was
willing
to
be
loo
e,
and
the Scripture
relic
us
that Chrift did
empty
himîelfe,
he
was widling
to
lay afide
that glory that
he
had,
and
to
come
and
empty
himf
lfe,
and be
in the forme of
a fervant
Now
when
Clí'rifl dial
[
fee'a
fpirit that hath'a
con-
formity to
his,"C
hrifl'looks
upon ir,
arid
faith,here's
one
thàt'is
conformable
to
my
ft
irir:l
was
willing
to
be poo`,and
fo
is fuch`
a
one
;
I
was
willing
to
empty my
Pelf,
a
id
to
be
any
thing for
the
furtherance of the
glory
of
my'
father
Aíd
fo
do
°I
fee
heres
fuch
a
poor
creature that
is
willing
to
empty
if
felf
of
any
thing that it
ha
h,andis
willing
to
give
'up
it
felf
for
the glory
of
my
father
and
blefled
jre
there
poor
:Buc`how
few
of
fuch
as
thefe
f1áll we
fide
in
the
world
-:
five
tell
you
who
they
are
if
we,could
find
them, that they
are fuch
as
are
thus
and thus
qualified, and
whole
hearts do
work
after
fuch
a
manner
as
this
is,
but
O Lord
where
are
they,
ordiMrily we
find
that
mens
fp
irifi'are
dolly,high, proud flately,furly,fliffe,
flubbor'n, rebellìoits
"and
bold'in
fhe
wayes of
wickedn
.fs,
this
is
the
juife of
Mens
fpirits, they
fcorne this
kind of pover-
ty
of
fpirit; their hearts
are up,and
they
find
upon themfelves,
and fliff
they
are
in
theirown
way
:
It's true
in
the
66.
of
Ifa:
That
the
Lord
that
dwels
on
h
.V1,
in
heaven,
he doth
looÍe,
upon
the
poo-re
and the
contritr:
He
looks
upoi
them; Oh but
where (hall
God
have
ob
eC
s, fuch
ob;ec
s
to
behold4i how
few
fuch
objects
are
thereintheiyorld
?
Now
curfed are the
proud,
curfed
are
the
haughty
iii
tirit$ the
Alubborne and
the
Rout-hearted
the'Sertpture
f
eal
mtif
'dreadfull things
.a
ainfl
them
,'burWe
-Ire
not
rióry
to
fpeak
to
th
na,
neither
am