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whit

zrìeant

by

ininnrrng and

thirfting.

tiih

and

more

froward then

at

orher times,whereas they should

be more creek

and

quiet

and

g.n_le under Gods

hand:

and

fo

many

that are poor peo,;le,

where

do

you

hear,

fuch

reviling

communication

as

from

fuch as

are miferably poor,how

do

they

lavish

out words

;

do but croife them

in any

one

thing, what

railing

and

reviling

comes

from

rhem,fhewing

a

proud,froward

patriot-mefpirit,

if God

bath

affiic

ed

thee

with

poverty,

it

is

(if

he bath

a

love

to thee)

that he might keepe the

low, and

if

thy

heart were

low, thy

heart

would likewife be

meeke

:

But

we

let

paffe this

ofmeekneife,

Bleffed

are

the

rneeIee,

and

come to

that,

read in the

6.

ver:

BlefJed

are

they

that

do

hun-

ger

and

thirf

after

right

eou

fnefJ'.

hleffed are

they

that

do

hunger

and

thirfl

;

This

feems

to be

as

contrary

to

the

opinion of

the

world

às any

thing

can

be, the

world rather faith,

Bleffed

are

they that are fúll,then

they

that

hunger

and

thira,

but

the

holy

(i

holl pronounces

a

blefiedneife

upon

thofe

that

hunger and

third,

and

a

We

to

chore

that

are

full,

in

the 6

of Luke 25

.Wo

=unto

you

that

are fu!l,you think

it

the

greatetl

happineffe,

that

men

have

t1ieir full

tables,and-

fulldithes,and

fullcups,;and

full

purfes,

`but

the

holy

Ghoa

Both

not

look upon

mens

hapineife

to

be

there;

But

wo

be

to thole

that

are full,and

blef)cd

are they

that

hunger and

'tin

fl.

Some underfiand

this

hunger

and

third

lirterally,and the ra-

ther-

becaufe comparing it`irirh what Saint Luke faith (as

I

told

main

the

beainnina

of

this

Sermon,

that

notwithil:ànding

di-

vers

ob;ecaions

sgatní3t

ir,it

appears

to

be the

fame

Sermon)Ch:

6.21.

Ble

fJ

ed

are

ye

that

hunger

now,

Luke doth

not

mention

the word

righteoufnefs,

but only

ale

that

hunger now; ando;apo-

fes hunger;

to

thofe

that

are

full,

and

rherefbrethey

think it

is

titterally

meant,

Bleff

ed

are they

that

do

hunger,

that

is,

fuch

men

as

are

Godly

(fo

it

mull

be

undet(lood)

that

want bread,

and want

drink,

fuch as-being

Godly

are

put to

fuch

great

ex-

tremities

as

they

have

not bread

to

put in

their

bodyes,

nor

drinke

to

quench

their thirll

as

if Chrill

should

fay, Be not

troubled

though

you

should be

put

to

'fuch

extremity

as

to

want bread

and

want drink, this will

not hinder

your

blefled-

nelle,

you may

be

blefied

for

all

that

:

--

And whereas

when

you are

in

great

wants you may

be

ready to

Tooke

upon thofe

that