which renders them Bleffed. 49 is futable to his fpirituall poverty, now if thou be fo fpiritually poor, then doe not think that thou muff be a choofer ; No,rhou mull tick choàfe what (chÿ céii -forts fhall be, or thy ability shall be, or what thy worth (hall be, or any wages fhall be, or at what time or means God fhall come in unto thee, thus or thus : No, thou muff leave that wholly to God onely this ; Thou mutt Tooke up to God for mercy, ô Lord let nie have mercy, ' but how ? and when ? or at what time, and what degree and meafure ? thatI leave wholly to God, onely my foules delire is, that the Lord would have mercy uponme ; many doe difco- ver that there is not poverty of fpirit in them by this thing, for when they feeke to God for mercy, if they have not comfort coming in as they would, their fpirirs are f oward, even with God himfelfe fuch a fpirit is not down; but bleifed is the poor in fpirit, that is, thofe that Chaff lye downe flat before the Lord, and be willing to be at Gods finding, here I am, and let God doe with me whatfoever he will,I lye abTolutely at his mercy, and Ì doe not expect to have my felfe to be choofer of any thing that I doe delire. Eightly, thofe that are truly poor in fpirit, They look upoH others that God hath bleffed with eminency of grace,and biefs them in their foules ; they think their condition high ; ô fuch and fuch doe I fee excellency of grace in, ô how happy is their condition faith a poor fpirited manor womán. As thole. people that are poor, when they come bythofe that have greathoufes, and great comings in ; fayes they are happy men indeed : So thofe that are poor in fpirit, when they fee others that have eminency of grace, they looke upon thofe as filch as have ob- tained excellency indeed : they looke'not Upon the rich and honourable in the world, as the mot excellent, but thofe that have the greateft eminency of grace,they looke upon them,and blelfe them ; ô how'happy were it if I could walke fo with God as fuch doe, if I could overcome my corruptions as fuch, if I could prize, and profit bythe word, as fuch : ô how happy 4hould I think my''felfe to be : This is a good poverty of fpirit indeed. H Ninthly,
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