Clod honours them" that debafe theinfélves, 57 ells of them ; from that that doth appear,- at present view,' you have thefe three or foure noes : Blef ed are the poore is jprr ¡t, for theirs is the kingdome of Heaven, 04f r . The ñrfl is this ; That God loves to honour thole that are willing to debase themfelves : Cod doth not fay here, Bleffed are the poore, for their fins are pardoned ; Blefied are the poore, for the promifes of the C ofpel belong to them, Bat' bleff ed are the pore , for theirs is the kingdome ofHeaven. It is . a kingdome that s theirs, God puts an honour upon the poore; That which fecmes to be the mot Contrary , that Chrift loth affirme : if one that is poore should come to have fuch a p.o 171i4e made him, Well you are foore,you than be provided for, you (hall never want as long as you live, that were well;: But that's not all, they (hall have a kingdome : fo Chrifl faith him - felfe to,poore broken hearts that thinke themíelves not wor- thyof the leaft crum of Bread, theirs is the kngdorne ; 'tir no Lets then, a kingdome that is prepared for them : And there- fore,doCke not have fuch apoore fpirit as to have low deGgnes, though thou beeil poore in refpeel of thy felfe, yet lift up thy heart, and a; me at no leffe then a kingdome. Many poore peo pie would thinke they R,ould be happy men and women, if they might have a hundred pound a yeare land given them But rhofe that are poore in ff irit,(as here is fpoken of)it'snot a hundred pound land a yeare, nor the poff ffion of the world, but it is no letlè then the kingdome, and the kingdome of Heaven that will f tisfie their ioules, that's the firíl no:e, the Lord loves to put honour upon thole that are willing to debafe themfelves : --- I find likewife other Scriptures that are fu- table 22 Luke 28. Te are they which have continued with me in my temptations, and I appo`nt unto you a kingdome: you are content to endure in my Caufe, and to fuffer the lone 'of all., and therefore have I appointed a kingdome unto you. But I intend not to Rand upon thefe notes, that we onely obferve by way of Connexion. Obf 2. That bleffedneflè loth not Coni I in any worldly thing : Bleffed are ehe poore: why ? becaufe they (hall have the riches offthe world, they than b;. lino: :ght into honour , they I that!
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