2 Peafons of gods -'regard to thole would have the glory ofhis pówer,the glory: of his wifdome,the glory of his bourry, of his patience, I but that's not the glory that God dill look at molt, but that he might magnifie his freeTtaTace. in his Son, t'aat he glory that God do th moll de- light ut. Now of all difpofitiob,; in the wdrld, this difpofi- Lion of poverty of t idr,: t> that that ferver Cods end, and Gods defigne bell, and therefore no `marvaile though God doth fo much accept of it. Secondly, filch a difpofitioia makes theffule'ro be conform- able even onto jefu; Chtifi : - We know that Chrill was Willing to be goof e, and the-Scripture tells us that Chrill did empty himfelfe, he was willing to lay afide that glory that he had, and to come and empty hinrfelfe, and be in the forme of a fervant Now.when Ch` ill shall feea fpirit that bath 'a con- fo:mity to his,'C brill looks upon ir, and faith,here's one th fis conformable to n1yfp irìra was willingtobe pro -,and fo is filch! a one ; I was willing to empty my feifrand to be any thing for the furtherance of the glory of my father ; And fo do I fee heres fuch a poor creature that is willing to empty it felf of any thing that it ha`h,and'is willing. to give .up it felf for the glory of my father and m o blefled ,Ire thele Foot:But /howfew of filch as there fháll we finde in the world : w tell you who they are if we,couid find them, that they are fuch as are thus and thus qualified, and whole hearts do work after Each a manner as this is, but O Lord where are they , ordinirily we End that mens fpirìtare jolly, high, proud;Ratel l,furly,fiiffe, fiubborn , rebelhoti ,' .árid bold' iii the wares of wickedne fs this is the juife of mens fpirits, they fcrme this kind of pover- ty of fpirit;their hearts are up,and they Rand upon themfelves, and Riff they are in theinovn way : It's true in the 66. of Ifa: That the Lord that dowels on high, in heaven, he loth loox¿e snpon the poore axisi the contrite': He looks upon :theta: Oh but where LhallGod have obj ts, fuch obiedis tó b hold? how few fuch objects are there in the world ? Now curfed are the proud, turfed are the'haughty in trig the - flubborne and the Rout- hearted ; the 'geriptur ` alktjtxóf''dreadfull things again(i them,'burr+e'ar txót tip to f 8Y-i h m, neither am
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