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They
that
hrinker
are
Bleffed
fir
the prefent.
rit,
the Lord
hath
g1Veta
to
fuCh
a
fpil
it
of
magnanimiry beyond
other
men
:
Mens defires are
according to
their
Spirits:
a
.man
of
a
poore
baf
fpi.
it,
"doth,
bound his
delires
to`podre'
bate
things,
as
force
men,
if
they
might
have
bud.°
much money
as
'to
drink with
their
companions, they would looke no
higher
for
a
bleffed life
:
but
now
another
mans
fpirir
is
rifen
higher
with delires after
honours,
preferments,
and
great things, ac-
cording
to the
greatnelfee
of:tlae
things
any
mans or
womans
Spirit
makes
after,
fo
is
the greatnefs
of their
fpirits,
now
those.
whole
fpirits
are
after righaeoufnetfe
Firft, The
righ-
teoufnefs of
jefus Chrift
:
--
and.thenrh:at righteoufnefg
that
is
the divine
Nature,
the Image
of God,
the life
of God,
no-
thing
will
fatislie
them
but that, it's
not
the
world
nor con-
tentments.tò tke
flefb
that
can fatisfie
them but the righteou
f-
nefs
of
God.
Here's
an
argument of
a
true
magnanimous
Spi-
rit.
An
Ale
xaider
'delires
great things, to
be
conquerour of
the world,and then would faine
have
more worlds to
con
juer;
why
?
becaufe he
had
a
great fpirit,
and
therefore
his.
defires
are
'o
great.
A
C
hril
'ián
hath
ä
great
fpirit
in
a
true,
holy,,áüd
gracious
Ence,
and
therefore
defires great things
:
.'Tis
ndt
all
the
world
that
can
fanetir;e
the
fpirit. of
a
Chriftian,
it
mui
have
righteouiìels.
Thirdly,
This defire
after
righteoufnefs,
it
is
the feede
of
God,
or
rather it
is
a
fruit of
fone
righteoufnefs thar
is
in
the
foule
already,
and th
refore
they
are
bleffed.
No
foule can
thus hunger
andthirPc
after
righteoufnefs
but
it
bath
go_righ-
teoufiaefs
already,
there
is
fogne
righreoufnefs in
the
foule, for
every thing
delires after
that
that
is
fumble
to
its ñáru
e,
what
is
it that
makes
the
Ox
delire
brafs,
or
the.
Filly
defire
water,or
the
Bird.deîre
corn,_,
it,
is
becaufe
thele
are
futable to
the
na."ure
of-here
c
"eaturea
;o
a
covetous
ir.ita
delires riches,a vo-
luptt
ous
"man
dclires,
le,afi
re,ari
ambit io
,
man
défires honour,
becaufe
fu'ah!e
ra
th_
i,
is
where
there
is
fueh'a
defire after
righteoufneile,
There
is
a
i-ableneffe
burw en
righteoufneffe
and
th foule, and
".thereforerighteoidneT
-is
begun
,al
early
-in
the foule,thlr
ioule`char
bath
a
futiblenefs.0
ato
righteoiaínefs
certainly
hi-h
foie
.srinciples
of righteoufnefs within
ir,
and
therefore
they are bleffed.
Fourthly,
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