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to
the pore
in
fpirit.
have
mentioned
in divers
other
Scriptures,
in
the 14.
Moth:
& 32;
of
Likg,.Chrifttel;ls
his
Difci
ales
that
had
indured with
him in
his
temptations,
that
theyfhould
fit
with him
and judge
the
twelve
Tribes
of Ifrael, and
they fhould
eat and
dri,kivrrh
hiná
in
his
ELngdome
when
he
did
come
:
Now thefe Scriptures
feeme
to
hold out
forme
fpeciall
and glorious
condition
that
the
Saints muff
have
at
length before
they come
to
that fult
poffeffion
of that
glory
that
11,1111
be
in
the
highefl
heavens
;
they
Mall fit
upon
the
Lord
Chrifls Throne, judging, furely
in the
highefl heavens
there
is
no judging
Throne,
but
there
is
a.
time
of
judging the wicked
and
ungodly,
and
the
Saints
fliall
teigne with Chrift in
a
glorious manner,
and
at length
they
!hall be
brought to
Heaven
it
felfe
to
the
pofíeflion
of
all
that
glory
that Chrifl
hath purchafed
by
his blood
:
--
And
therefore
though now
for
the prefent
you
deny your
felves
fo
much
as.
to
be
willing
to
furfer
poverty; to
futfer
the
hardihi
of
poverty,,
the contempt
of poverty,
the trouble that
there
is
in
á
Poore eflate,
it
is
in
my caufe
that
you
are willing
to
be
poor,
it
may
be
you
could get riches in
the
world
as
much
as
other
men,
but be content to
be
in
a
tow
condition for
the
things
of
this
world,be content to
be
meane,
to
trufl me; for
there
is a
kingdome for you, the
kingdore
of
Heaven
:
This
kingdome
Teems
to
be poor
now,
as
you
are poor
in 1pirit,
fo
this kingdome feemes
to
be
a
poor contemptible thing,
the
glory
of
it, it
is
fpiritualI,
and
only
Can
be feen with
a
fpiritu-
al
.eye,lt
cannot
be
feen with a carnal
eye,
bur
yet
you who
are
mine,
and have
received
my
Syirit,
you can
underfland
the
excellency
of
this kingdome,
and
the
many
p:iviledges that
are
inthis
kingdome, aril
therefore do
you
labour
gtiie
ly
to
bear
your low
condition,
and
though
you
be
low in
^arts, vet
go on, though
you have
many
weaknefies
in
you yet
(lil
comfort
your felves in thi?,
for you are
thofe
that
fit
whh the
Me{lias,
and the
good
of
the
Gofpel
is
yours,and
the
glorious
kingdom
that
both
Father,
Son,.and'
Sri:it
doth,
intend-to
raife
up
to
a
mighty
height.
It
is
begun
fo
°'the
prefent
in
your
fo;.tles,
and'
you
Thal!
certainly
come
to
the
accompltfliine
it
of
it
in
the
fulneffe
of
all the
gióry
of
it
:
This
kingdome
Chritl
fpeaites
of
1W