- ..- upon the Epiffleof JAM 1i s. brew word '.:!>' figniheth bothhumble and bafe, the s,race and the condition, affiiElion and humility : 'Tis here put for the condi– •tion, not thegrace,and therefore we well render it ofa low degree, for 'cis oppofed to the termRich, in the next Verfe; and fo 'cis ta– ~en elfewhere, as Prov. r6. 19. Better be of an humble JPirit -with the !o-nly, then to divide the JP oil With the proud : by lowly, he ineaneth the lowly in condition, not in heart, for ~cis oppofed to dividing the JPoil: So Lu~1.48. He hath regarded the low eftate of his handmaid; 'tis Twl Td.-;r!J·v(t)a-11', the humility of his hand– maid : The grace and the condition are expre!fcd by the fame term, becaufe A low eJlate u the great engagement to a lowly heart : But remember, by low degree is not intended one that'spoor jimply, but oNe chats poor forChrift,as perfecutions and affiitl:ions are often expreffed by the word humility and humiliation ; thus r [a.9. 1 z, r 3 He forgetteth not the cry ofthe humble; the margin readeth af– flifled: and in Verf. 13· Co1Jfider my trQuble Which lfitjfer from them that hate me ; in the Original, my humili.iition : So here, J.Jl=A~@- Tr1'7f'm@-, the humble Brother is one that is humbled or made lowby the adverfaries of Religion. Rejoyce J In the Original K,(JJ.)xrld}-(1), bo,eft or glory as 'tis in the margin ; 'Tis the highefl: ad: of joy, even when joy beginoeth to degenerate, and pafs the limits and bounds of reafon ; I fay, ~cis the firfi degeneration of joy, and argueth the Soul to be furprized with .great excefs and heighth of affeCl:ion, for th~ next fl:ep beyond this ,'is verily wkked : Joy beginneth to exceed when it cometh to e.v– ·.ultation, but when it cometh. to i1a[ulta.tion 'tis fl:ark naught; · therefore how thould they hoaft or glory ? is that lawful ? I an– ~ fwer, I. It may be underfl:ood as aco;;ce;Jio~:t ofthe leffer evil,thus 1 .rather then murmur under afHiCl:iotis, orfaint under them, or en•. deavor to come out of them by ill means, you mayrather boaft ofthem; rather thengroan under them as aburden, you may boa.Jf :of them as apriviledg : 'cis the leffer evil, fuch conceffions are fre– .quent in Scripture, as Prov. ) • ·I 9· Thou fhalt err in her ltJve ; .· fo in the Original, and in the Septuagint, Tn I{JIAf!l. d.~1»~ '~'''e.Mps~G,u.e. v·~ 'JI'oJ..M>&- ia-11, Tho)l tbalt be over mucb in her love : We tranGate, He fhall be ravitbed with her love, which certainly im– ,plyeth an unlawful degree, for extafies and rav ifhments in carnal matters are finful ; How is it then to be underfl:ood ? Doth tht1 · Scripture allow any vitiojityandexcefs of affeCl:ion? No, 'cis one1 2 ly )9
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