,• . :fheSailltf fore ' : ofthofe gtaces; wbich,ifwelook~e for Go4i blef.. fing upon them, and comfort fro~ them, muft bring forth in us humilitie and thankefulne!fe. , ~ . Let him compare, and examine, and meafqre ,· ft~Rlp'aheGth~ himfelfe, his wayes, and workes, Dyltbe Law of 1 :bo 1; ~~:w. 0 s God; and hce ili~ll there· finde much matter of . . humiliation, repent'Elnce, feare, and trembling, with continuall fupply in abundance minifl:red unto him : fo that there {hall be no roome left for ~my proud and over·weening conceit. of any I good·thing in hi~. That .eleet Veffell,and great Apofl:le, after he was regenerate, (for the unrege– nerate feele no fuch ftrife) found fuch a vafl: and ·. wide difiance betweene the Law,and his owne af– fe&ions,and befl: workes; that for horror thereof, he cryed out; Oh mi[erahle man, thai I ~m ! What fpirituall good then is there in any of us, mifera– ble wretches, wherein we fhould glory? Let qur bell: workes be as glorious as wecan imagine, let them be pe-rformedwith never fo great integritie and refolution,cover themwith grace,derive them from the Holy-Ghoft,dippeanddye them deepe in the bloud ofCbri!l:,put upon them all the rich attire, and Papall magnificence, with \Vhich the ~hurchof Rome bath invell:ed them ; yet to the pureit eyes of God, and.in the deare Cryfrail of .bis undefiled Law, they appeare to be foule,and fpotted; impure, and like a menftruous clout. The meafuringthe~of ourfelvesby th~ Law asd Word of God, is a notablemeanes to keepe usin l'bil.J.u. humilitie, arid to make us r~orke 011t (Jflr folt'ati'On P'ith fe4re and ITimbling.
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