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What meant
Gy
F.ingdnne
of Heaven.
from the
{late
of
the; law, and
the.
good things
therein;
that's
the
meaning of
that Text
,
and
a
fpeciall
Scripture for
the
incouraging of beleeving
Parents
in
refpe&
of
their
Children
,
and
the
bringing
of them to
that
Ordi-
nance
of
Baptiime..
Sometimes this
Kingdome.
of
Heaven
is
taken
for fome
per
-
ticular
thing
in
the
flaw of the
Gofpel,
as
for
the preaching
of
the Gofpel it's call'd the
Kingdome
of
Heaven as, the King-
dome
of Heaven
is
like
a
man going out to
row his
feed,that
is,
this adminiltration
of
the Gofpell
in
the
preaching of
it
is
like
a
man that
(owes
his,
feed
and
force fell upon
the
high
way,C
c.
`The
preaching
of the Gofpel,that's
one thing
in
the Kingdome
of
Heaven that
hach
the
name
of
the
whole
And fomtimes
'it
is
taken for the
work andefficacy
of
the Gofpell
in
the heart
of
a
man
:
As the
Kingdome
of
Heaven
is
It
(fie
to
agrave of
muf-
tardfeed, what's
that
?
that
is
the
worke
of the
Gofpell
that
is
now
preached
in
the flate of the
Meaìah,it
bath
that
eife&
up-
on the heart,
as
a
graine
of muflardïeed
:
Though it be
little
at
the
firfl,
yet
it
groves up to
a
mighty
tree
;
This is the
fub-
flance
of
this.
Kingdome of Heaven,
it
is
the
flare
of
the Metíî-
ah
;
So
then the meaning
ofChrift
is
this
;
Bleffed are
the poor
in
fpirit,
you
that
are thús poor,
o
_bleffed
are
you,
for looke
what good, or benefits
are
come
by
the
Meiliahs
coming into
the world,
look what
bleifedneíle there
is in
the
!late
of the
Meffiah,that
belongs
to
you, you (hall
certainly
have
that
blef-
fedheffe.
Againe, Somtimes the
Kingdome
of Heaven
is
taken
for
the
Church,
and
the priviledges.thereof,as,
Ile give unto
thee
the
keves
of
the Kingdome
of
Heaven, and
that
s
one
great
part
indeed
of the Kingdome of Heaven,
the
priviledgec of the
Chriflian Church
:
The Priviledges
and Admini.ftra.iòns
and
Ordinances
that there
are in the Chriflian Church are
.
great
bletfing
of
the
Kingdome
of
Heaven, and
°you fhall
`iave all
rhete
you
that
are
poor
in
fpirit.
Why
is
it
call'd the Kingdome
of
Heaven.
Firfi',
It's
call'd the
Kingdome of Heaven,
B caufe.
Chrifl
is
from Heaven who
is
the
King
thereof.
Secondly,