They that harmer are Bleffeçi for the prefent, ?9S rit, the Lord hath given to ruck 'a'fpïrit of magnanimity beyond other men : Mens delires are according to their Spirits: a man ofapoorebaf fpi:it, 'loth bound his delires to`pohre'bafe things, as frame men, if they might have but 'fo much money as to drink with their companions, they would looke no higher for a bleffed life : but now another mans fpirir is rifen higher with delires after honours, preferments, and great things, ac- cording to the greatneife: of the things any mans or womans Spirit makes after, fo is the greatnefs of their fpirits, now thole wholefpirirs arc after righteoufneife 'Firfl, The righ- `teoufnefs of jefus Chrifi< :.--- and.then that righteoufneft; that is, the divine Nature, the Image of God, the life of God, no- thing will fatislie them but that, it's not the world nor con - tentmentstö cite flea-) that can fatisfie them but the righteouf- nefs of God. Here's an argument of a true magnanimous Spi- -rir. An Alexanderde;ires great things, to be conquerour of the world,and then would faine have more worlds tó con juer; why ? becaufe he had a great fpirir, and therefore his delires are fo great. A Chriliian path á_,reat fpirit in a true, holy, and gracious fLnce, and therefore delires great things :.'Tis not all the world that can fanctitie the,fpirit of a Chriflian, it mull have righteou_nefs. Thirdly, This defire after righteoufnefs, it is the feede of God, ar rather it is a fruit of force righteoufnefs that is in the foule already, and therefore they are blefled, No foule can thus hunger and china ,after righteoufilefs but it hath got righ- teoufnefs already, there is force righteoufnefs in the foule, for every thing delires after that that is fusible to its native, what is it that makes the Ox de.fire grafs, or the Fla, defire water,or the Birddelire corm, it. is becaufe thefe are fumble to the rya ~ore of -here creatures;So a covetous to ia delires riches,a vo- ípteou-mandelires leaCure,anambitio- man delires honour, becaufe futah!e ern, 13 where there is loch -a delire after rightedufnetle, there is a''urableneffe b rween righteoufneffe and the foule, and"therefore tigateo4get . is b pun, already -in the foule, rh'r cools path a futablenefs unto righteoufnefs, certainly hi'h fame ;.principles of righteoufnefs within ir, and therefore they are bleffed, Fourthly,
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