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Promifes

to

the

podre

in

fjiirit,

nefie

to

dant

thy

heart:ío

in

the 66

of

Ifaioh

he

begins

it

thus

:

The

heaven is

my

7

hrone,and the

earth

ismy

foottoole

?he

-rai-

fes

up

his

Glory

to (hew what

a

God

he

is

Alas now may

a

i'onte

foule

fay,

ô

how

glorious

is

God,his glory

will

daunt

my

heart,

how

fhall

-I

be able

to

(land

before him

:

Nay,

though

Heaven be

his

Throne,

and

Earth

be his

foot floole,

yet

he

will

bolo]

to

him

that

is

ofa

foore

f

#irit,

and

that

trembles

at

his

Word.

As if he

mould

fay ,

Let

no

poore

foule be

daunted

with my

glory,

for

it

is

for

their

good

,

and no

hurt at

all

to

them.

,

.The fourth

is

this

;

The

Lord

he

prepares

his

goodnefle

for

the

poore,

Pfal.

68.

i

o.

Perhaps

thou

hall

not mercy for

the

prefeni

as thou

defirefl, but

God

is

preparing

alr

this

while

mercy

for

thee,

and

preparing

thee

for

mercy.

Fifthly , The Lord

heares

the poore

:

It

may be

poore peo-

ple

may

petition

to others

and

they

cannot

be,

heard, but

if

the

rich

petition

they

can

be

heard

:

but

the

Lord he

heares

the

poore

;

you have many

Scriptùres

for that,

Pfal

69.

3

3.

And

we find the Pfalmifl

makes

it

a

rife

of

his

prayer,becaufe

he

is

fo

poore

and

needy,'Pfal.i09.22.

(

For

I

am

poore

and needy)

that God

fhould heare

him

the rather

:

and fo

the

86

Pfalm

the

rife

of

his

petition

is,

that God íhould

heare him

becaufe

he

is

fo

poore.

Sixthly

,

The Lord

will

not

have

the expectations, of

the

.

poore to

be

frufirated

:

Poore

Men may

Waite

and waite:lon

enough,

and

yet

may faile

at the

lafl

:

But

now

if

thou

beef

-

one

of

this Foote fpirit, the

Lord

will not

have

thy expe&ati-

on

to

be

fruflrated, but'there

{hall

come

good of

it

at

1xfl,

Pfal. 9.

18.

Seventhly, The Lord

will

not forget the

poore, Pfal:9,12

=

Others

may fö

-get

them

it

may be even when

they

have

gran-

ted

their

petitions,

but the Lord

will

not forget the

poore

Many

fuch

kind

of

promifes

loth

the Lord make

to

rhofe

that

.

are

of

poor:,

fr

irks.

But what doe

we

fpeake

to

'particular

pro.

mifes,we haveone

in

the

text

in Bead

of

all ;7'herrs

is

the

dome

of

Heaven:

This

hath

all

promifes toyn'd

together

in.

one:

--Now

from

the words before

we-

come

to

fearch

into'

the

bowells