gg What priviledges the pore in grace have, the little grace that thou halt; ôbl.:ffed art thou, thou haft that priviledge of this kingdome. The hl} thing that 1lhall fpeak of now is, That in this king - iome the fpirit is ilied'abroad'in agreat deale more aboun- dance then it wäs heretofore be nor difcouraged, thou doff not find yet fuch atvork of grace in thy heart but thou art in :Itch ; condition wherein the Spirit of God is to be communi- cated in a rarre,nnoïe a oivadanr manner then in the time of.the. L W ; inde6d in the time of the Law David and filch as were to be imployed in publick Work might expea ir, but though thou beef} not imployed in any publick work, yet thou mayef} expea to come tube glorious in Grace here in this world ; So We have the promife, That the .f eeble f hall be as David, and thofe of the'höufe of David fhould be as the A. gel of the Lord. There is a time when the gifts of the Saints ¡ball be raifed, & they ¡Ball have cleerer and further underltanding in the mifte- ries of Gódlinetfe then ever formerly.And oneigreat thing that loth hinder the growth of grace in thofe that are thus poore ira fpirit, it is becaufe they have not faì:_h to ac`t upon the proms- fes that are made for the shedding abroad of the fpirit in the times of the Mef l'iah: If evill men know how to give good things to them that ashe them, much more will the Lord give his Spirit to thofe that ask e him. And the confiderationof there things is a mighty helpe to fuch as are poore in fpirit: to Phew their bleffedn .: e -- And that thlt willbind up all rheie is this, That in thiskingdome of Heaven the Lord would have his people delivered from the fpirit of bondage. ; as there is a fpirit of bondage, fo there is a ff.irtr of adoption, a free fpirit to come into : odsnrefence: the I,ord would not have his peo- r,' to be afraid Ofjais prefence, but would have them all to look a ór theniFelveS (I meine all fuch as are apprehenfave of their fl ìn ill coverry, yet to loolte upon themfelves) as the children of this kingdome, and to come with freedome of f; -ì- rit before their Father; Ánd now. my, brethren 1 have been f} sewing you the blefledneffe of thoff that are poore in fpi. ir, I wot.id to God I'ha(tf )oken.to none.but filch as are poore in fpirit ; I confe4fe fuchpoints is'thefe would make one feare and
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