upon the ·Epift/e of JAM E s. t.!1at youmay not forget wh~t;J ou ·We~e, before ,grace made ..die d.i.- fiinction. . · ' ,' ···· · ·: · ·, ' ' · · · · 2 . How he may boafi ·; · I. If it /;'e for the glory ofGod, to exalt God, not your Lelves, P[al.34.2 · .iVfy foul.fh_::zll maize her_ boajf of God; of his goodnels, merty, power; thts 1s ~el!, whm we fee we have nothing to lioafi of-but our God; netther wttldth, nor riches, nor wifdom, bot oLthe L~rd-alone; Jir.9.z 3,24. Let not the Wife man glory in hu Wifdom, nor themighty man gfo·ry in h,~s ftrength; hut let him th~t- glorieth glory in ;his, that he knowe.th_ me, {Ieith the Lord. Thts cloth not only qutcken others to pratfe him,but argtlethmuch ajfeCfion jn your felves, as when weprhe a thing, we f;ty we have nothing to glory of but tliar-;· fo 'ds fign the foul fet~God above all, when it will glory in none orher. z, Ta Jet out the worth of your priviledges; the world thinl<eth you . have an hard bargain to ·have a cruczfteaChrijf, glory in it ; t~us flom·5·3• Weglory in tribulations: The Apofile cloth not fay,. we mufl: glory or boafl: of our tribulations or fuffering~, but glory i~ tribul~Jttons• . There is poor comfort in offering our bodies to the ·idol ofour own pr#tife, and to affect aMartyrdom to make way for , our repme or dl:eem, that we1@1ay have fomewhat whereof to boafi ; that's not the Apofiles mea.ping : But thisglorying is to,let the world know the ~onour we put upon any engagement for Chri(f, and that they may know we are not afbamedof our proftjfion, when 'cis difcourJtenanced and perfecuted : The Apqfl:le Paul isexcellently explained by the Apo£He :Peter, I Pet+16. If lin] man jujfer tU a Chriftian, let him not be afbamed, but let him ., glorifteGod in thu behalf. They think 'cis adijgrace,andyou think •tisag!o?J to fuffer for ChriO:. Look, as Divines fa)l , in the cafe of · eying thereward, then 'cis done mofi purely when 'cis done, to ex tenu_ate the temptation by the ef!eem and frefmce of our hopes, as c .hnfi counted u: a light jhame, tn companfon ofthe joy [et brfo re ht~,Heb.1z.2. And Mofes theTreafures of Egypt,nothing ·in coinpanfon ot the recompence of reward, Heb.r 2. 26~ So here, in thi~ ~aufeyou may glory, that is, to counterballance the foarne of the wotld with the dignity-of your projejjion and hopds. Well then, you fe~ how you may glory to declare your valuation, and efieem ., c{God ind his w;tys. _.. ,. ' . 8. ~ram that . Ghe. ~ ~xalted.J That grace is ·a preferment 'and o bfcr vat. t exaltation;' even thofe of {ow degree may be thus exalted. All the -cpmforts ofChrifiianity are fuch as are riddles and contradiCtlons K tr
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