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S6

what

privilcdges

the

poore

in

grace

have

beleeved the promife that

was

made him , he would never

have

fo

rearmed

:

jufc

thus doe

many

poore

foules fay, which

are anoymed

to

this heavenly

kingdome, they

fay,

Certainly:t

hall

perifh

by

the

l

and

of

this

Corruption

;

know

thou art

air

anoyi,ced

one,

and

it concernes the power

of jefus

Chrift

to

uphold that

little

Grace

thou halt

;

and this

is

another benefit

and

fruit

of

this

kingdome.

And

then

ia

the

eighth place know,

that being brought

un-

der

this kingdome,

though

thy

Grace

be

poore ,

yet

thou

art

as

perfectly

jutlitied

before

God

as

ever

was

Abraham,

Ifaac

or facob,

as

ever

was

David,

Paul

or

Peter,

or

the lirongeft

Saints in

the

world;

thy

Grace

inrefpeca

of

thy

Saneeiiìcation

is

poore, but

thy

Grace

in

thy

julli,`ication

it

is as

rich and

glorious

in

this kingdome,

as

the Grace

in

the Juflitication

of

any

Saint

that ever

liv'd

upon

the

face

of the earth. And

in

deed

this may be

fail

to be the fruit of

this kingdome

of

Idea

-

ven.

In the

times

of

the

Law this

was

very

little

manifefted,

it

being

fucha

great

treafury

of

the goodnefle

Of

God, it

was

referved to

be

opened when the

Metlias

was

to

come

iiaro

the

world,

There

was

this

treafury

before

,

but

this

treafury of

Jufti;ication that

now

I

ana

fpeaking

of,i

fay,the opening-of

it,,

it

was

referved to the

coming

of

the

Melliiah

;

And the Mel

-

flab

he is come

to

open this rich treafury

of Jufli

ication,

and

to tell

all

poore

in

fpirit, that

are

troubled

for

the

poverty

of

Grace that

they have;

that

howfoever they are poore in re-

fpeet of

their

Sandification,

yet

they are

as

perfectly

Juflified

as

ever

any

Godly

man was.

Now

is

not here

a

bleiledne

e

to

be

a

member

of

the kingdome of Heaven,

O

me thinks

this

fhould mightily fet the

hearts

of

men

and women

a work:: in

feeking after'

the kingdome

of

Heaven.

Ninthly,

know that the right of thine Inheritance

in this

kingdome,

yea

the

very peace

and

Joy

of

this kingdome,

it

is

not forfeited

by

thy failings. In

the 14

Rom:

17.

The

king

-

dome

of

God,

rt

rs

righteoufnefJe,

peaee,and

Joy

in

the

holy

Ghoft.

So long

as

thou art in this kingdome

,

thou

haft righteoufneí%

and

peace,

and

thou

haft

matter

of

Joy.

And

then

in

the tenth place,

Certainly

thou

fhalt

be per-

fe