taúdciRtcTtr3cAc l3cxti$cA aÆn3rdc*lta4nísaEcúties in4rQulotnictZclSta O r.t Cj..., kiivivv °g'isgovvis"Fgmi'ivivvisfiTisiifrcßFqti iesipar Ylur4s*ß' SERMON V. OR. Comfort to the poore in fpirit. M A T H. 5. 3. Blefed are the poore in fpirit, E are as you may remember upon the firfl blef- fedneffe here that is attributed to the poore in fpirit. The fubjeca of this bleffedneffe we have spoken too at large ; who thole poore in Scrip- ture are, And in Generall,that they are bleflèd. But we came the laic day to make entrance into the blef- fedneffe that Chrift pronounces upon them, Theirs is the king- dome of Heaven : -- There were divers obfervations taken notice of from the Connexion, BlegJèd are the port, for theirs is the kingdome of Heaven ; He doth not fay, bleffed are the poore, for God will be mercifull unto them, but theirs is the k ngdome of Heaven, A futable bleffing unto that Grace that is molt eminent in them. That poverty of fpirit therefore Chrift would raife them up with the Glory of a kingdome, Theirs is the l ngdome ; But'ris no kingdome but the king- dome of Heaven : -- There we fhewed that 'tis not any thing of the world that can make us bleffed , but it mutt be fome- what of the kingdome of heaven : And that's obrervable, he doth not ray, theirs fhall be the kingdome of Heaven, as the faith of others; Bleffed are the pure in heart,for they fhall fee God ;
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