44- Tim? thepoore in pint- as Ble11cd.. ainiffe in the Family, and it puts thee quite out of frame a- gaine; ó what is this the foule that was with God, and in ;oy- ed fuch Communion with God but it -may be an houre agoe; and yet at every little thing in the Family isprefently out of frame ; what a poore fpirit is this ; Even the Saints are wry Poore, for they are quickly put out of frame , and un:etled by imall temptations. Seven:hly , Poore they are farther; For they have but lit- tle ability to helpe others; There are very few Godly people have ability to do any more but even to keepe life and foule together, (as we ufe to fay) it's even as much as ever they can do to live and to hold their own, to ntaintaine their peace with God;B.ut to be able to be ufefull to others among whom they live, that very few are. What a deale of doe have many Godly people to live: themfelves, tomaintaine what once they have had, they are ever and anon afraid that they fhall one day even perüh As poore people that have even but from ' hand to mouth, they thine, why though I can get bread now, yet I know not where I (hall have it to morrow,or next week: furely we fhall come to beggeryone day ; Godly people live at fuch a poore rate for the mot+ part, as they are little ufefull unto others, and have much adoe to provide for themfelves. Now here you fee the poverty of Spirit, Firlf, what our fpirituall poverty is naturally, that hath been opened the laff time : And now even what the fpirituall poverty of the Saints iS. But you will fay, This <loth not make them bleffed that they are thus Poore ; this is part of their mifery. That's.true It's part of their mifery that they are poore : But yet bleffed are they that are ,throughly apprehenfive and fencible of this fpirituall poverty óf theirs, that come to know this their poverty,and come to be throughly affefed with this their poverty; they are bleffed : There be few in the world who come to underhand what their poverty is ; where's the man or woman that knows the poverty that we are In by na- ture ? And then for poverty in refpea of weakneffe of Grace otherwife, this is taken little notice of : But now bleffed are
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