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that are
/piritaaally podre.
I
willing
to deferre
what
comfort
Chrif+
bath for thofe
that
are.
poor
in fpi,
it,
by
turning
afideto
(peak
to
thole of
haughty
and
proud fpitits. Therefore
I
am
to
addreffe
my
felfe
to the
opening of
that
that.Chriíi
means
when
he
_faith
that
they
are
bleffed
:
Many
things
might be
Paid
for
the'ope_ning Of
their
blefledneffe,
but
for
the prefent there's
onely
one
Scripture
that
I will
apply
to
tilde
that are poore
in fpirit'.
Tho
e
that
are
fuch
who'oever they
are
that
are in
the prefence
of God
this
day,whofe confciences can
tell
them
that
though in much
weakneffe yet
they
can.find fuch workings
of fpirit,
I
will
give
you
but
one
Text
to uphold
your
fpirirs
till the
next day, and
then we
shall
cNme raaopen
what
Chrifi
faith
of
you,that
yours
is the kingdome
of eaven
:
The Text
is
inthe
4:
Luki
r
8.
The
Spirit
of
the
Lord
is upon
me,becanfe
he
bath
anointed me, to
yeeAch
the
e
o
f
j
el
to
the
poor
he
loath
feat
me to
heal
the
breken
hearted,
to
preach deliveranceto
the
Captives, and recovering
of
fight
to
the blind,to
fer
at
liberty
them
that are
hrui
fed,to preach
the
acceptable
year
of
the
Lord:
And
he
clofed
the
boot.: Chrift
comes
to
the
Synagogue,and
a
book
being opened he doth find
this place
of
Scripture out
of
tfa:which
was
a
prophefie
concer-
ning himfelf:The meaning
of
it
is this;
That God the father
ha-it
anointed
Jefus Chrifi
his-Son,
appointed
him folemnly
to
that
office,
to
come himfelfe
into the world,and
to
preach good
ti-
dings
to
the poor in fpirit;
As
if
God
fhould
fay
to
his Son,Son,,
I
have
many
of
my
poor
fervants
in
the world,
who are
poore
in
fpirìt,who are
fenf'ble
of
their
-ovine
wretchedneffe and
po-
verty,now
I
appoint
thee
, and
anoint
thee to
got, and
preach
unto them the glad tidings of
falvation,
and
be
you
flare
to
comfort them,be
you
fu
e
to
fpeak
peace
to
them,
pour
oyl
into their
wounds,
and
relieve
and
refrcih them
;
I
fee
that
they
are ready
to be difcouraged,
but do
you
encourage
them,
I
appoint
you
to
this:
You
Will
fay
then
prefently thefe
are
bleffed,
when
as
God
the Father
from
all
eternity,
bath
fer
Jefu
s
Chrifl
as
it
were apart, appointed
him
to
this Ofl ce
to)
'preach comfort
to
thy foule. This
one
Scripture
to
one
that
is
truly poor
in
fpirit
is
worth
a
thoufand worlds
:
--
for
what
faith fuck an
one, doth
God
regard
me
?
Yes,fuch
a
regard
he
bath-
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