S4 Reafons of Gods regard to thofe that ,tre fpirituall y poor. bath, as he hath appointed his Son to that Office to take care of thee, to comfort thee, and to help thee ; and Chrift muff be unfaithful' in his work, if he doth not preach comfort to thee This care hath God of the poor, when as he Both as it were "li©ht,neoie &, contemn and fcorn the rich ones of the world, - Them he7ends empty away, but for there that are poor in f ii t he bath given\Chrilt a charge over them : --- Now were there. nothing elfe faid but this, that thou haft fuch a promìfe as this is, that Chri1 when he comes into the world mutt caine and preach glad tydings to thee it were abundant mércÿ and to in etfect, the very (cope of the Gofpel is to preach'g tad tydings- to the poore, and indeed we (hall thew, that that is a fpecial thing that is meant by Theirs is the K i4dome Of heaven : Not onely that they 'hall goe to heaven when they dye, but by kingdome of heaven is oftenmeant the miniftry of the GoÇpe1, and that is one fpeciall thing intended here, that the,ric.hesof the Gofpel, the ¡late oftheGofpl,the dou`trin, of the Gófpël, all the good of the Gofpel doth belong, to thofe that are.p lore in fpirìt. 1 : n,,i:, i . . .. .. . ... ......1 . 294 i ;L .rff lrl!Q; et0 .r , . . ... r.77 ï: Jl"; ` !:'- . (`0'I Vi 111
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