" . .--to L llen:rt·~treaftirt~ ; ~ · ofMert;_thus is,the poor.foul.defticuteof tHe · . weddingG-arment,•~ ~brills .righteonfnef5 ha.!– ~ing only a naked skin to forcifie againft the wrath of Giod, thecurfe of the Law, and cor- . met:ltings\of cgnfcience; and what can -this availe the wretched~mifcrearit ~ hLet a.man be the ricllefl: Potentate under Heaven, yec if he- ./ be·gracele(s, .he ·is thus wr~tchedlie poor ; no / ' tongue.can exprefs themiferie : of .anunrege.. , ....; · :. · ).nerate ·Perfon ; There are feven words in lle· · ' -~ > ::- hre\Vthat fign.ifie~ pdor, and they at:eall appli• --.. ,. :· caBle to a'i poor.Creaturewith'd~tt Chrifl: arid' ·~" '. grace. :· r. He'is ftraitened in theabundance '"~~~~ · . of ont\vard fuffi.ciencie, . with a. griping con•. :··; J \ • . ' fcien~e ; and.greedie grafping after fhadows. ,- .~- · ·· 12• His goods are diminiibed, and he isgrown 'Q>erditfli ab~nk.. rupt in Adam, vain inventions have . 1;: -_ wailed a fair efiate, and da:ilie weaken the. ·. ,~r: ~. reliqtJes 'of natural light. '3• He.is opprdl~d I ~A_ttritN~ with intollerable l'abour, g.rin_ding in the Devils Mil, toiling in worfe than Eg]ptilln thral· J . dorne, ·wichput ~ny relief for his farrtifuing 10 • -:Jt.:). fout· 4: ·He i~ of a deje6l:ed ,minde, like the . , ·W#~At~ Serpent, going 'w-ith -his bellie to the duft, a _ ... ·. . ·- degenerate Plant, the worft part ot the Crea<l!f '\:i . ···· tiop,. the bafefi: of Creatures, t~e ta_ile, ~nd . ,M:l;ra· not the head. · 5. ·Befides all ~th1s he1s affh6l:– ~~ftm._, e·d Cpiriruall1ew.·it}1 fuits, hatred, exile, i~pri{onme.nt, .Cod htmfelf cotnme~cetb futt a· .. .. ' : .. . ~- gainft him, ~ates h!m, ba~i~Oleth him from his · - ~ ~. ': :."i- . prefence,del~v~rs. hun rove~ tnto Sa~ans ha~ds~ . ... " by wh?n1 he .ts led qai?~lVe, at ~ h1s ~leafure: . i''!ltl ~~ .He ts ~!wa1es needte, ddires all thtngs,~th - 1~,,. .I bath nothmg, c~nnot be cOl?ten.r, fnarch1ng . • \ "• 011 .
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