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Reafons
of
Gods
regard
to thofe
that
are
fpirituall
y
poor.
bath,
as
he bath appointed
his Son
to that
Office
to
take
care of
thee, to
comfort'
thee,
and
to
help thee
;
and
Chrift
muff be
unfaithfulí in
his
work,
if
he
doth not preach comfort to
thee
This care
bath
God of
the poor,
when
as
he
Both
as
it
were
flight,
neoe t,
contemne
and fcorn
the
rich
ones
of
the
world,
Theno hefends empty
away,
but
for thefe that are poor
in
f
ì;ìt
he
hath given Chr ift
a
charge over
them
;
Now were there
nothing elfe
faid
but this, that
thou
haft
fuch
a
promife
as
this
is
that Chriíi
when he comes into the world
,tuft
come
and
preach glad tydings
to
thee
it
were abundant
merc
i
and
Co
in
eífea,
the
very
fcope
of the
Gofpel
is
to
preach'
glad
tydings
to
the
poore,
and
indeed
we
(hall
(hew
that that
is
a
fpecial
thing that
is
meant
by
Theirs
is
the
Kir
dome
of
heaven
:
Not
onely
that
they (hall goe
to heaven
when
they
dye,
bitt
-ley
kingdome
of heaven
is
often
meant
the
miniftry of
the
Gofjpel,
and that
is one fpeciall
thing
intended
here, that
thesraches of
the
Gofpel, the (late
of
the
Gof
l,the doctrine
of
the
Gofpeis
all
the
good
of
the Gofpel dothbelong
to
thofe
that
are
p
core
in fpirit.
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