(brills Poverty for M. 55 fakethem, or elfe we thail find taograce : we mutt bepoore inSpirit, and fenfible ofour mifery : for God inrichech thofe that are empty and poore. The rich hefends emptyaway. We muft fue to God for graceby the Spirit ofgrace;and take heed that we turne nor thefeoffers of grace to occafions of wantonneffe, and fo divide Chrift, to take out of Chrift what we lift, and leave what we lift : we mutt know that Chrift ashe is our lefusto fave us, fo he is our Lord, as he faith here, The Lord lefrse Chrifi : we mart fubmir to him for the time to come, and thrnwe (hall finde experience of his 'Weer grace. The next thing I obferue briefly, is tha' This grace mutt be krowne. Saith the Ap )(Ile here, you know the grace of our Lord_refits Chri1I. Aman may know his riches hemay k low his intereftin Chrift. he Apoftic :iferh it here, as'anargument to perfwade them to !ood Works:that that is uf, d as an argument, mutt b, kiown b.°fore the thing can be perfwaded. A thing cannot be made light by that which is dark er then it felfe: but the Apofile here ufeth this a in argument, you know the grace. of our Lord I:fisCbr :ft,fo that thefe truthsare taken for gran tcd,That allgracecomes by thepovertyofChat(. And then that we may knowour felves to be inre.:ef fed inir,that Chrifts poverty was for us. A man that is a true Chriftìan may know his (hare and in- tereft in thegrace of Chrift : or elfe how fhould he beperfwadedby this asanargument,if heknow it not ? Or how (hall he be comfortable, except D 4 he Doti. 5. Grace may be known.
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