Carriaé ita fpiriruaïll poverty .Ninthly,, And further, Bleffed are the poor peore in . fpirit are inch as are willing to maire:: Though QoAisloth, not come according to their detires, yet,flill they are content to waste upon sod : God shall choote what the thing is that íhall be given them, and they are willing to Waite ; So you have it to Ile t i Ze: h. t r.. Thofe two are put together And it was in that day ; that is the ikaffe of beauty and of bands broken and, the poor of the flock that wa ted- rl1tos rp e, loepp ¡t WAS the Ford-of the Lord : Men that_are men ofeflates, and rich men, when they come to a door for bufinelfe, if fo be. that they cannot haveprefenrly what they defire,away they will goe,they will not hand wining, why becaufe they are rieh,and fo proud in a futable way to their riches But now, one that is poor, and come for an alines is content to wake, ef1eciaily if he ;knows that; glaere's no other door for him to gee to at that time ; if indeed -he thinks he may have it at fore otherdoore, he will not ait,but if he comes for an alines, and he muft have it here or no where, he is content then to wait : fo thofe that are truly poor in fpirit, they are content to waiteat Gods gates, knowing chat there's no other door, that they can .have their aimes at but only at the gates of God Thou hail been feeking God it may .a 'month or longer, halfe :a year or a year, and yet cant{ bind nothing, ôbut if thou canfi have :mer y at latt, thy condi ionis:happy : Thus a poor; fpirited crea- ture-will fay, and fo will,becontent to be waiting aB the'dayes `,f his life. Tenthly, One that is poore hath an awful refpe& to God and his word : he is one that is [truck with an awfull reverence 'of the greatn l ,of od, and the authority of-h4;,. word . This you have in the 66. of Ifa :beginning, Ye this moil *ìil I look, even to him that is por, and o f a contrite fpirit, and that teem- bleth at my word: You have thofe put rogether,the contrite,and ,poore, and that trembles at Gods word, when he conies to the word, and hearesic opened,, he,looltes upon it as having a dreadful authority h? Its lie looltes, upon,the word as a thing. a be above him, and his heart trembles feat he fhould not give that due refpe& to the word that he ought to do : and when a pr
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