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Poverty
no
d.indnance to
the
hig1efl
degree in
Heaven,
efface,
yet
a
man
of
efface
tl.ould
be chofen
rather then
ano-
ther
that
is
poore,
becauíè
it
is
not
fo
rat
for
a
man
that hath
no
effare
to
have
the difpore of
all
other
mens
effates.
But
now
when
you corne
to the kingdome of Heaven,
where
there
is
nothing but fpiri:uall power, nothing but
in
a
fpirituali
way
wherein
men are
to
deale
with coníciences,and
no way
to
deal
with mens effates
no: outward liberty. The kingdome
of
Hea-
ven concernes
not the
bufineffe
of
outward liberty or effate,
but
meerely to
deal,
with
mens
çonciences
in
regard of their
fpiriruall effates,
in
reference
unto Heaven, I
fay
now,wharever
Offices
there
are
in
the Church,
there
iliouid be
no
confidera-
don
of the eftates of
men
fo
as
to
down weigh the
leafs
graine,
,;.bttr
if
the
pooreff
man have
more Godlineífe- and underffan-
ding
in
the
things
of the
kingdome
of
Heaven, he should ra-
ther
be
an
Officer
there then
any
man whatfoever that
hash
leffe underftanding
in
the things of the kingdome of Heaven,
and
therefore it's
a
carnali
way
to
goe
after that
manner when
they come to
choofe
Church-Officers,
then
to
think of
the
chiefe
of
the
Pariíh
whither
he
be
Godly
or no
;
It's true,
if
he were
as
Godly
and
underftanding
as
any
other,then
for him
as
well
as ano`her, but to make
that to
be the
sway
of
bufinef
e
thcugh
there
be not
that
Godlineffe
nor underf
+anding,
I
fay
this
ii
to
fute
the
flare
of the
kingdome
of
Heaven
to
the
world,
whereas thofe
that
are poor
in
that kingdome,
they
are
capable
of
as
high
dignity there,
as
any
whatfoever,
and
that's
a
great
helpe
and
comfort
to Godly
yopre
peo; le,that
are
rar-
takers
of
the kingdome of heaven,they
have
all
the
p:
iviledges
of
this kingdome, they cannot enjoy
the
p
i'
iledges of
a
worldly kingdome,
fo
as
others
do, but
they
may
enjoy to
the
full
the priviledges of
this kingdome.
Sixthly, Even thofe that
are
outwardly
root,
if
Godly
they
have
right
to
all things in
this
world
fo
-far
as
may be good for
them, it's
faid
of Abraham,
(Rom:
4.1
3.) that
he
was
the heir
of the world,
It
isfpoken ofAbraham
as
he
was
a
beleever
now every
beleever
is
a
child
of
Abraham,
and
every
child
of
Abraham doth inherit
Abrahams ble
hng,and therefore
every
beleever
is
heir of the world.
All
is yoairs,
and
yon
are
Chr,fdr,
and