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BIefecinefle
t-,njlis
not in
worldly
things.
i
ßa11
be
b;
aught
to
have
preferment
in
the
world
;
No,
but
ticff
ed
are
the
poore
,
for
theirs
is
the
kinge1ome
of Heaven
there's
nothing
in
this
world
can make
themWelted,
It
is
the
kingdoine
of
Heaven
that
mull
make
them bleifed
:
If
you
Would
be
happy,you
niuíl
looke
beyond the world:Thou doeft
nor
know
what
the
true
happinef
e
of
an
Immortali
foúle
is
ca-
pable
of,
if
thou
doeft expect
it
here
in this
world.
Obf
3.
In
that
it
is
faid in
the prefent renfe, their's
(Is
)°
the
kingdoms-;
of Heaven
;
Fromwhence
the
note
is
this
--
That the
Saints of
C,iod
live
not
only upon
Comforts
that they
(hall
have
hereafter,
upon
the
alfurance
of
what
they
fhall
have,.
but
upon prevent
Comforts
;
They
have enough for
the
pre-
fent to
uphold
their hearts,
to all
their
poore and meaneCdn
dirion in
which they are
in
refpe&
tithe
world. You
will
fay
indeed
for good people that are
meane in
the world
,
whatfo-
ever
they
(uffer
,
Cod
will reward
them
hereafter; I but
poore
foules, what
have
they
to
Comfort themfelves
wihali
for
the prefent,
yea faith
Chria., theirs
(is)
the
kingdome
of
Heaven.
'rake
all
together
now
,
and thou
haft enough
not
onely
to
uphold thy
foule
in
this thy poore
Condition,
but
to
!Comfort it
and
to
make
the
Angelis
in Heaven
to
looke upon.
thee
as a
bleifed creature.
It
is
Paid
of the
pure
in
heart,
that
they
(fhall)
fee
God,
but
the
poore
in
fpirit, their's
(is
)
the
kingdome
of
Heaven.
And the
reafon why
Chrill
purs
It
in
the prefent
renfe is
,
becaufe
he
law
that
thofe
that
were
poore
in
fpirit
had
need
of prefent comfort.
O6f.
q..
That
Heaven
is
now
tothe
Saints,there
is
Comfort
indeed,
I but
Heaven they mull looke for afterwards
:
Noi,
they
fhall.have
it
now
;
Heaven (hall come downe
to
them.
before
they,
goe up
to
Heaven.
In
the
17
Luse
z
r.
you
have.
`'a
notable
Scripture
for
that
; The
kingdome
of Heaven
is
with-
inyou
.
It
is
within the
Saints now
for
the prefent.:
This that
I
now
ay,
may
feeme to be
a
paradox
;
yet
it
is a
certaine.
truth
:
No
foule
(hall ever
goe
to
Heaven,
that
hath
not
Hea-
ven
firfl"
come downe
to
it
:.
There
is
certainly
no man or
wo-
man upon
the
Earth,
(hall
ever
goe
to
Heaven,
but
fuch
as
bath
Heaven
corne
down
to
them
:
There's
nòne
!halt
ever