whet Poverty o f f flirir it Bleiféd. 33 long, you that have effaces, and doe enjoy them, do you Ende fuch a difpofition in your hearts, indeed if it were put to it, that rather then you would deny the deaf} truth of Cod, all your ellate should goe : Rather then you would commit the leaf+ fin any way againll your confciences your.ellates should all goe, and you will prize rather thewitneflïng to any truth, then tó live in all the Jollity in this world ; could you bring your hearts to this, why this is to . be Poor in fpirir, in the midff of all your aboundance : it is not grace to cal away, our effaces and riches willingly,but grace cons in the wet mana- ging of our etlates while we. have them, and in the willingneffe ro part with them when God calls for them. But Secondly, Bleffed are the Foote in fpirir, that is, a fpirit willing to lye down under God in a low condition; when I ant put into fuck a one Firfl, fuch as are willing to be poore if God Will, And Secondly, fuch as are already pure for their outward eflate, and futable to that poverty of their out- ward eflate, they find a poverty in fpirit, that is, their fpirits doe lye down under Gods hand, and are willing to glorifie God in this way that God hath fee them, they do not envy at others that are in a higher condition, they do not murmure and repine againfl God ; why doth God difpence his gifts fo diverlly, that fuch and filch men 1hall have fo much, and other men shall have fo little ; No, God. hath by his providence brought me to this condition, and Lord here I am,''and fubmit to thy hand, I am content to glorifie thee in this mean conditi- on that thou hail fet me ; I am content to apply my felf to thofe dutyes that thou requirefl ofme in fuch a poor and low eflate ; many poor pecr.71e think,O if I were rich as others are, then indeed.hcould glorifie God, but in the way that they are in they vex and fret, and feek after shifting wayes to provide for themfelves, and cannot bring their foules to gló:ifie God in filch a low way wherein rheyare, but now.if you can find your hearts fubmiifive to God in that low way wherein you are bleffed are the roo-e in fpirit : And this difpoftion of your ._ fixrirs to be willing thus to glorifie God, it is a greater excel - lency, then ifGod made you the chiefe of a Pariah, or the chiefe of a Kingdome. F . Third-
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