Ilf ,. ' 'The Sain-ts fore - -C;)f them. This (pirituall Pride,is,the.famc iiJOLtr .corruptions and fin full affetl:ions,t·h.at the Shirt . · -is inour <:;:Iothing; that is to (ay, lt fits the clofefl: .umous,and is lafl put off.: it uthe whiteDeviU · .(as a worthy Divine calls it.) That finnc .doth _Iy.e,and infenfibly inGnua-te· it lelfe; and lurkes . ~mid our graces,a.nd gc:od aet~ons,a.s a -d~ad Fly 1 tn the Apot11ecanes Omtn:tenr. It 1s, as 1t were, Satbans lafl: intrenchtnent, whix:h hee holds the Jongefi,and withm6fi: refolute and dcfperatc per– tin?cie, and is har.dlyefr driven out ; much fpir:i..: tuall wifedomc,a gre.1t meafure ofhumilitie,and the whole Armour of God is required to thi 1 s . .-.c.oinbate. For he is fo endlcffe 3 and ex~rcifea in. 1 t!fc; i>oint ; that, if w.~ be ro humble, rhat he can– n~t: make us proud .of any thing elfe, h~.":ill la- . bour to mak@ us ptoud eve.n ofour hllrndrtH."; and pro~1d~that \l'e are.,not proudof our gifts. 1 Sp~rituall Except a CJuifl:ian continually and carefully Pni~ nGlayd watch mzer his heart,and guard it withhumilitie; anem:.osj d I 1 , . fh; r.lc. h' '· . . . children. an a 'ow yconceit o 1mre ~e;t .!.5 pnvie·P.nde ' l, m~y ileale upon him,before he beawar~. 1 ! . AH,~ firfr) it may fpring out of a confideration From_ a conG. f of rhe excellcncie of his efl:ate and the varietie of deranon of ' · rhcir privilcd- , his peculiar bleffings, and fpeciall privi!edges, - go.. 1 whickub'e ung9dly men neitherc<U:J, -nor doe enjoy._For wh~n ~e is ~p_n~e tranilated from Dark– Priviledgesof nelfeJoLight, from p·: rophanenetfe to Gnceritie, the godly. fi romNature toGrace; out of the Dominion of > Sathan, imp the Kingdome <;>f Chrif.t, by. ·the , great, wm_h~;:of.r~genera,don :· h~c is prefently r t.l'cr.I.~. . mftdep~r.take;(of 'the Divine. Nature> l Pet.r.4. bee . ' . lS
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