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Godly poor

fhitll

poffelfe

all

thins.

but of

another glory

:

He

that

overcmneth

¡hail inherit all

thins

and

I

will

be

his

God

and

he

fhall

be

my fon.

There

is

a

time chat

he !hall

have

all,

and honour

certainly he (hall

have

enough,in

Zech.

i

6.

he

fpeakes

there of the

Kingelome

of

Chritc, and

we have

there

an

excellent

expreflion

of the

honour

that God

will

put

upon

his

Saints.And the Lord

their

God

(hall

fave

them

in

that

day,

as

theilockpf

his

pcople,for

they

(hall

be

as theJIonee

of a

Crowne,lifted

up

as

an

enj,ne

upon

land.

It's

a

promo

e

thatrefpeeds

all

the

Saints.

That there

is

a;cime

a

coming .that

they

(hall be

as

the precious

ftones in

a

Kings

Crowne that are

lifted

up,

that

is,

that they iháll be honoured

among all

people

howsoever

they

are

defpifed

now, and

in

the

i

3

of

Mattb

43.

There Chrift

tells what

his Saints

!hall be in his kingdome,

Then

fhall

the righteous( fpeaking

of

the

time of

his

kingdome)

!him

forth

as the

fun

in

the

k,ngdome

oftheir

Father,

who

bath

cares

to

hear

let him

hear

There

is

a

time

coming whenpoor

people

that

are

cloathed-with rags, and

are very defricable

in

the

eyes

of the

world

shall

thine then

as

bright

as

the

fun

:

Daeft

thou fee

the

fun

in

the firmament, that

poorebody

of

thine that

wants food and

raiment,(hall within

a

while chine

as

bright

as

the

fun

in

the firmament

:

And

for poffe

ion

of

the

thins

that

are in

the world, compare thole two Scrip-

tures

together,

in

the 19

Matrh. 29. And

every

one

that

hath-

forfaken

homier,

or

brethren,

or

filters,

or

father,

or mother,

or

wife,

or

children,

or

lands

f

or my

names

fake, ¡hall

receive

an

hundredfold, and

(hall

inherit

everl4in

life.

So

:hat he Both,

not

fpeak

of being

rewarded in heaven

for

it,

for

that's

betide,

befides

his

everlafiinglife he (hall receive

anhundred

fold

But

you

will fay,

I

find in

another

Gofpell that

the

hundred

Sold

it

is,fpoken

of

),ith

the addition

of

persecution, in

the

i o of.Mark:3

o.

Though

there

bethe

addition

of

perfecution,

you (hall find

the

promife

more large,

For

He

(hall receive

an

hundred fold

now

in

(

this

time

)

houfes,

and

brethren,&fifiers,

and

mothers,

and

children,

a

(111l1

nd lands

:

You will

fay,

he

,a l

receive

an

hundredfold, that

is, he (hall

have

_grace

that

is

as

much

worth

as

a

hundred

times_

his lands, nay,

you

fee

*

}

e

holy ghoft

doth mention the pertict:l.rrs,ofhouies

& lands,,

&cc,

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