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84

What

priviledges the

pore

in

grace have

Secondly

,

The

meanneife of

any ones

parts,

cannot

hinder

them

from underflanding

the

higheil

things. in

the

kingdome

of

nfeaven, for

it

Both

no: depend

upon

parts at

all,

nay

we

know,

that

dually

those'

are

chatty

that

have

inane

parts

to

confound

the

wifdorne

of

the

world,

and fuch

as

have

very

.

mean

parts,may have

more

uncle

rftanding

in

the things

of

the

kingdom

of

Heaven, then

the greatefl Ribbies

in

the world.

.

And then

thirdly,

which

is an

admirable

helpe

to

them

that

are

fencible

of their

little.lrace

;

why

thou art not

now

to

anfwer

for

any

of

thy mifcarriages in

the.Cóurt

of

divine

ju-

nice,

for thou

art

got

into the

king-dome

of

Haven.

If

thou

wert

inthe

kingdome

Gods

power onely

as

he

is

Creator,

there

thou

art to

anfwer

for

all

thy otfences in

the Court

of

Cods,juflciçe

:..,But

now

being

tranllated

into

the

kingdome

of

his

deare

Son, thou

art

to

annver

for

all thy miscarriages

there,

and

not

to be hall'd before the

Court of

divine

juflice,

and

that's

a

mighty helpe

to

those

that

are poore

iii

Grace

to

'Confider

of

this

thing;, and this

is

the priviledge

of_one

in

this kingdome.

Fourthly,

Chrifl

himfelfe thy King, he

is.

thy

judge

and

thy-

Advocate

ô

its

a

blefled thing

to

be in

fuch

a

kingdoms:,

efpecially

if

a

man knowes

that he

is obnoxious many

wages,

ó

thou that art poore

in

Grace,

and

yet

art

in

the kingdome

of

Heaven,

know that

jefus

Chrifl

thy King,

is

be thy

:

judge

`to.cafll

thee

for thy

eternall

eflate

;

He is

likewife

to

be thine

Advocate to.plead

for

thee,

and

therefore'

it

is

not the pover-

ty

of thy

Grace that fhould daunt thy heart,

or

caufe

thee to

f

rite.

Fifthly

,

The

Righteoufnefle of this thy

King

is

thy

righte-

oufneffe

if

thou comeft into

this

kingdome

;In

the

i

Cer.

-I.30.

He

is

made

of

Geed

to

us,w

fdo,ne,d-Righteeuf

of

f

e

Sant`titcatren

and

Redemption

:

when thou comefl

into the kingdome

of

the

Meflìah,

here thou

haft

a

priviledge

that

no

ub

ecl

can have

in

any kingdome

in

the

world.

There

may

be

fubjeas

inother

kingdomesthat

may have

good Kings,

but

:the

goodnefle

of

their

King

is

not Their goodNfre. But

thóir

art

an

that.king-

dome

that

bath

a

perfe& righteous King;

and

the

Righteouf_

neffe