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what
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thoughts, even
frft,
fpeaking
to
his
Difciples that
were
like
to
be
in
a
poore
and meane
condition, therefore
hè begins with
thofe that are poore
in
ltirit,
wee
Interpreted
the
meaning
of
that;
acid
fa
now you are
like
to
meet
with much unrighteous
dealings, but bleffed are you
that
are
content
to ftbl
ait
to
fuch
a
conditionthat
You
are like ro meet. withal!, and
yet
fend
up
your
defires
to
heavenfrom
God to
deer
your righteoùfnefs.;
as
ifChrill
fhould
fay,
the world
will accule you and
revile
you for
being troublefome,
fa
&ious and
turbulent
among
them;
but
bleffed
are
you,
can you
appeal
to
God
for your
righteous
neffe,
and
defire, Lord
while
the
world doth thus
revile
us,
and account us
to be
hypocrites,
to
make a
Phew
of
Religion,
.
and
yet to
have no
truth
in us, Lord
do
thou judge
our
righte-
ons
chufe,
Lord
we appeale
to
thee,
'why
faith Chriff,131effed
are
you
while
you
do thus,
Ile
look upon
you,
and
have
an eye-
to
you, when
others (hall
fay
that
you are
falfe, and
that
you
falfitie your
trufl
that
is
committed to
you, you can appeale
to
God
and
defire him
to
come and
judge
your righteous
cider-
Lord
let
righteoufneffe
appeare,
let
it
appear
that under
thofe
accufations that
I
have
behav'd
my
felfe righteoufly, bleffed
are
you,
be
not
now
troubled
:
--
And
fo
when the world ac-
cules you
of
making
a
trouble
in
the world,
you
can appeale
to
God
and
fay
Lord
thou knoweff
that there
is
nothing chat
I
dè-
fire
more
then peace,
and
fo
far
as
I
can
fee
it to
be thy
mind
I
can
yeeld in
any
thing,
and
therefore Lord
appeare
.
and
ma-
nifefl
my
righteoufneffe
before
the world
;
Blefied
are
you
faith
Chrift, be not
overmuch
troubled that
you are
thus accu-
fed:
you hunger and
thirfl for
the time
when
the Lord (halt
make
your righteoufneffe- appear
:
And
fo
if
the
world
(hall
accufe
you
of
felfe
-feeking,
than
in
all
things
that
you
doe
yesii
doe
but
aime at your (elves in all,
why you can
appeale
to
God
of
the
righteoufneffe
of
your
hearts
in
thefe things, and
you
thirft after the
time
when
God
will come
to
difcover
the
fecrets
of
all
mens
hearts, Lord thou
hail
a
time
for
to
manifefl
the
fecrets
ofhearts, and then it
(hall
appeare whether
I
fought
niy
felfe
or thy glory:Bleffed are
you
if
you can
do
fo,an
i
hun-
ger after
the
manifeftation
ofGods
righteoufneffe
in
this:
.
If
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