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What
privileddes
the
pore
an
grace have,
the little
grace that thou
halt;
obi: ifed
art thou, thou
haft
that
L
ri
viledge of
this kin
dome.
The
fait
thing
that
111i111
fpeak
of
now
is,
That
in this king-
dome
the fpirit
is
:flied-abroadin,agreat
deale.
more
aboun-
d
ance
then
it
w
ìs
heretofore
be.
nor difcouraged, thou dolt
not
fi
:.
d
yet
flitch
a
work
of
grace
in
thy
heart but
thou art
in
each
a
condition wherein the Spirit
of
God
is
to be
communi-
cated
in
a
f
cteau
o
e
ahot;ndant
manner then
in
the
time of the
L
lt-.
;
indeed
in
the time
of
the
Law
David
and fuch
as
were
robe
employe in !niblick
Work
might expert ir, but
though
thou'beeti
not
employed in
any
publick work,
yet
thou
mayel}
expo&
to
come to,be
glorious in
Grace
hare
in
this world
;
So
We
have
the promife,
That
the
feeble
fha11
be
as
David,
and
thofe
of
the'höufe
of
David
fhoaaid
be
as the
A-gel
of
the
Lord.
There
a
time
when the
gifts
of
the
Saints
ïï,all
be
railed,
8é
they
¡Ball
have
cleerer
and
further underftanding
in the miste_
ries
of
Godlinetfe then
ever
formerly.And one-great
thing
that
doth hinder the
growth
of
grace
in
thofe
that
are thus poore
in
fpirit, it
is
becaufe they
have
not
faìr_h
ró
a&
upon the promi-
fes
that
are
made
for
the fhedding
abroad
of
the fpirit
in
the
times
of
the
Mefriah:
If
evill
men
kzow how
to
give
good
things
to
them
that
aske
them,
much
more
will
the
Lord
give
his
Spirit
ro
thofe
that
aske
him. And
the
cont.-toleration
of
there
things
is
á
mighty helpe
to
fuch as
are poore in
fpirit:
to
fhew
their
blefiedn;
e
And that
the._
will bind up all
thefe
is
this,
That
in this
'kingdome
of
Heaven
the Lord
would
have
his
people
delivered
from
the
fpiric
of
bondage
; as
there
is a
fpirit
of
bondage,
fo
there
is
a
of adoption,
a
free
fpirit
to
come
into
`
:ods nrefence:
the Lord
would
not
have
his
pm-
r;;,
to
be
afraid
of
is
prefence, but
would
have
them
all
to
look
upon,
theni elves
(I
meane
all
fuch as
are
apprehenfive
of
their
fpirit
Il
t
:overry, yet to
Tooke
upon
themfelves)
as
the
children
of
this
Lingdone,
and
to
cane
with freedome
of
foi-
titbe
for
a:hJrFather;:
And
now my
brethren
1
have been
fl
ewing you
the
blì
flédnelfe
of
thoff that
are poore
in
fpi.
ir,
I
wot
"id
to
God
thacifaen
to,none.but
fuch
as
are poore
in
fpirit
;
I
confe;3e'fuch
points
as
thefe
would
make one fcare
and