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Why
this
prona:
re
k
annexed
to
the
perfectsted.
ilejfed are
they which
are
perfecuted
for
Rightecufnejfe
fb,
for
theirs
is
the
ngdome
cf
heaven.
if
you
obferve
it , here
is
the
fame promife
maple
to them
that fuffer
perfecution,
as
to thofe that are poore
in fpiric,
embrofe
upon
the
place
faith
this
;
One
is a
promife
of
the
ioules
bletTing
;
The
poore
in
fpirit they
fhall
have
their
foules
bieffed for
ever
in
the kingdome of
heaven
;
And
the
other
is
a
promife of
bleating
to
the body,for bodily
afflictions
;
Bleffed
are
thofe
that
are
persecuted;
for even
their
bodies thall hoc
to heaven.
But
I
think that doth
nor
attaine to
the
meaning.
of
the
holy
Ghat
here
;
But
I
fhould rather take
it thus;
That thole that
are
poore
in
fpirit,
they think themselves
un-
worthy of
any
thing, they feeme
to
be
of
the
lower}
forme
of
Al
the
Saints
ofGod,
the poore
in
fpirit
are
dejected
in
the
.fight and
fence of
their
own
poverty
:
And
filch as
fuffer
perfe-
cution, they
are
of
the
higheff
forme, the Martyrs that
fuffer
for
jefus
Chrif},O they
are
Glorious creatures
;
faith one
that
is
dejected
in,the fight and fence
of
his
own
poverty.
I
am
a
poore
fpirited
man
or
woman,
I
am
not
able
to get througk
my
difficulty,
I
am unworthy
that ever
God
flìould
looke
at
me,
or
have
regard
at
me.
Indeed, there
are
others
that are
of
excellent fpirits,
and whatfoever
o;?potion
they meets;
,withall,
they
can fuffer
the
fpoyling
of
their
goods,
imprifon
-
vent,
they
can
futfer reproach
,
they
can refill
unto
blood,
canfutler torments
for
jefus
Chrill,
yea
they are
happy
men.
Now mark,
the
fame promife
is
both
to the
oore to
fpirit,
that
is
deje&ed,
and thinks he is
unworthy
or
any
thing,
he
lath
the
fame
promife with them
that
fuller martyrdome for
jefus Chrifl. A poore
weak
Chriftián
may
come to
have
the
fame
(lory
that the moil Glorious Martyr ever
had
:
There
-
fore this
felfe fame promife
is
annexed
to both thefe.
Further , This
is
annexed
to
thofe
that
are
perfecured,
be-
caufe
Inch
as
are persecuted
here
in
this
world, their
name is
call out
as
filth
and
vild,
they are accounted
to be
wicked and
ungodly
man
;
here the
Lawes
of
Kingdomes
are againfl
them,.
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and
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