Heart-Treafore: . , 'ilj~ do, Times arehard, Tradjng <dead, I defpai.r · of growing rich, the world.' is like a lliadow, the inore I purfue it, .the fur~her it fl.ees frol?} me, and have I been ptttfuiogafter that whic~ 1'annoc overtake ? and if 1 ihouldovertake ic, can .do me hogood, may do n1e much hurt, ' and in the mean time have I neglected my immortal foul, andgetting a trea{ure in ic eo make it rich and ·happy? Thefe fpiritual goods are the bell that can begot, and the{e onlymay be gor,and norhingel!e: 0 my foul, fual I be poor in this world and poor ~o all e~ terniry·? mufr I live it~ mifery here, and be it~ greater torment hereafter, oh why1hould I bC, fuchaperfea beggar? doublypoor, ofa pooi:– tftate and of a poor low degenerate fpiric ? Oh·rather let me be poor in jpirit chat I may be an Heir of aKingdofn , a better than·this · Dung-hil world canaiotd. · lf I want br~ad for my bo9y, Lord evermore give me the bread of Life for my po6lr foul, the garments of Chrifis Righteoufne!fe tocover my naked~ nefs, Finegold·that ,I may be rich, though I be {eparatedfrommyneighbour let·mebe. u~ ni~ed . to the Lord, though I be defpifed by men, yet let my foul be owned by the Lord,· although I have not a foot ofL1nd, or houfc of mine own in this world, yet ' Oh that I may have a right to Ma.nfions above, and may take poffeffion at death of the lnheri· tanceofthe Saints inLight: Thusdoyou that a,re poor argue the ca{e, and rcft not fatisfied wichout the true Riches ; if you cannot get ~lrth, make fwre Qf Hea.ven 1 a114 then .yo.._ T 3 m*~ • ,c·. .•
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