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SERMON

XII.

ofk.

rseeke

perfisffs

Subjeús

for

G'hrifi

to

comfort..

M

A T

x.

5.

5.

.Blet feel

are the

meeke

:

for

they

(hall

inherit

the

earth.

Od

doth

not prize

the

gay

things

hi

the

world,.

Cold

and Silver and

Land

and

ppf

'e

fìons

and

Crownes,

what

are thefe to

God,

wherefore

the Lord

faith

in

40

ofIfst.

That

all

the nations

of the

earth

are

to

him but as the

drop

of

the

Bucket, and

as

the

(mall

du,/1

of

the

Ballance,

nothing,

yea

lef

e

then nothing,

he

doth

not regard the

Nations

of

the

world with all

their

pomp and glory,

now

a

meeke

and

a

quiet

fpirit

God

prizes, that's

high

in Gods efteeme,

that's

worth

a

great deale with

God,

though all

the

nations of

the

earth

are no more

worth then

a

little

duff

is

worth,

bleffed

then

is

the meeke.

We

add further,

Blefed

is

the meeke, For they

are the

fub-

jeas

that Chr

ft is

anointed

by

the Father to comfort,to

preach

glad tydings

ro, furcly

then

they are bleffed

:

I

fay

Chrift

as

Ile is

anoynted

by

the Father

to

preach the

Gofpet to

the poor,

aid

to

thofe

that mourne,founto. the meeke

:

In

the 65

of Ifa..

The

Spirit

of

the

Lord

God is

upon

me,

becaufe

the

Lordbath

a-

noyntecdme

to

preach

good

tydings to

the

meeke.

The truth

is,

they