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Clod

honours them-

that

debafe theircfelvec,

ells

of

them,; from that that doth

appeare at

prefent

vi

ty,

you have

thefe

three

or foure

notes

:

Bleffed

are

the

pare

i,z

jp

r

¡t, for

theirs

is

the

1vngdome

of

Heaven,

obf:

i.

The

firfl

is

this

;

That God

loves ro honour

th'

çe

that

are willing

to debate themfelves

:

God

dorh

not

fay

here,

Bleflèd are the poore,

for

their

fins

are

pardoned ;

Bleft;:d

are

the

poore, for

the promifes

of

the Cofpe! belong

to them, Bat'

bleJJed

are

the

pore

,

for

theirs

is

the

kijngdome

of

Heavers.

It

is

a kingdome

that.

s

theirs,

God

puts

an

honour

upon the poore

That

which

fecmes

to

be the moil

Contrary

,

that

Chrift doth

affirme

:

If

one

that

is

poore should

come

to

have

filch

a

pro-

Mile

made

him,

Well

you

are poore,you

íha1l

be

provided

for,

you

íhall never want

as

long

as

you

live, that were well;:

But

that's

not all, they (hall

have

a

kingdome

:

fo

Chrill

faith hirn-

felfe

ro.poore broken

hearts that

thinke themielves not wor-

thy

of

the leafl

c.rum

of Bread,

theirs

is

the

k:ngdame

;'tis

no

lets-

then,a kingdome that

is

prepared

for

them

:

And

there-

fore

doe

not

have fuch

apoore

fpirit

as

to

have low

defignes,

though thou

beeíl

poore

to

refpe&

of

thy

felfe, yet lift

up

thy

heart,

and

a,

me

at no leffe

then

a

kingdome.

Many

poore

peo.

pie

would thinke they

fhould

be happy

men

and

women,

if

they

mïght

have

a

hundred

pound

a

yeare land

given them

But

thofe

that

are

poore

in

f,irit,(as

here

is

fpoken

of)it'snot

a

hundred

pound

land

a

yeare,

nor

the

poffeílion

of the wórld,

but

it

is

no

bile

then

the kingdome,

and

the

kingdome

of

Heaven that

will farislie

their

foule;s,

that's the

firfl

no:e, the

Lord loves to put

honour upon thofe

that

are willing

to

debafe

themfelves

:

I

rind likewife

other

Scriptures

that

are fu-

table

22-Lxike

28.

Te

are

they which

have

continued

with

me

in

my

temptations, and

1

appo:nt onto

pu

a

kingdome

:

you

are

content

to

endure

in my

Caufe, and to

tiger

the loßè

of

all.,

and

therefore

have

I appointed

a

kingdome unto

you.

But

I

intend

not to

(land upon

thefe

notes, that

we

only

obferve

by

way

of Connexion.

Obf.

2.

That

bleffedneílè

loth

not

Confifl

in

any

worldly

thing

: Bleff'ed

are

the

poore :

why

becaufe

they

(hall have

the

riches

of

the world, they

shall

be bro::ght

into honour,

they

I

fhal!