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Comfort
to
the
godly
poore.
What
Comfort
there
is
in
the
Confideration
of the eflate
of
the
Mei1ìahs
Corning into
the world ,
what Incouragement
there
is
in
This
to thole that
are
poore
in
fpirit,
and how
they
in particular come to be made
happy,
that's the
fco:,e
of this
Sermon,and the fcope
of Chrift
.
Now
then
for
the open-
ing of
this,
I'
(hall call
it
into thefe three
heads.
Firfl,
What
Comfort
thole
that
are outwardly poore,
poore people that
have fpirits iutable
to
their
outward Con
-
ditions, that are Godly
poore,whofe fpirits are willing to fub-
mit
to
God
in
that
poore Condition that they
are in,
(
what
Inçouragement they
can have
from
the
flare
of the
Mellias,
from this kingdome
of
Heaven
:
)
And
.I
rather
thinke
that
Chrifl Intended
this
,becaufe
I
find
in
the 6
LPike
that Chrift
doth
oppofe
the rich
in this
world
to
poore
in
fririt,
There-
fore Chrift
Intended
certainly
in
this Scripture
to
fpeak
Com-
fortable words to Godly
poore people.
And then fecondly
,
To
thofe
that
are
poore
in
parts, poore
men and
women
that
have meane gifts and
abili;
ies,
and
yet
are
Godly,
and
their fpirits
are low
in Conúderation of
the
Poore parts that
they
have that they
cannot
be
uf;.full
for
God
as
others
are
:
To
chew what
good
they
have or
what
Com-
fort
they
may have
from this kingdome
of
Heaven.
Thirdly
,
Thofe
that
are
poore
in
Grace
, that
are
fencible
of
their fpirituall poverty,
what .blefi'edneife
they have
from
this kingdome
of
Heaven.
Firfl
then,
chafe
that
are
outwardly,poore,
all
Godly
poore
people,
I
am
fpeaking
to them
,
and
I
verily thinke Chrift
fp,
akes
to them,
and
fo
would
have
his
Minif}ers
to
fpeake
to
them,
fuçh
as
are
for
the' outward eflate kept
low and
meane,
and
yet
God
gives
them fpirits to,fubmir
to
his
hand
in that,
and
are willing
to
honour
God
as
they are
able in
that
poore
Condition, without
murmuring.
Chrifl
jefus
doth
pronunce
you bleifed..this. day,
and
tells
you
that
yours is
the
kingdome
of
Heaven
;.As
if
he,
fhould
fay,
be not you difcottraged
b
--
caufe you are meane in this
world
;
For,your
fpirits being
fu-
table
to
that Condition God
bath
put
you
in,
the
Lord
hath
appointed
a
kingdome,for you,even the kingdome
of
Heaven.
You