.'\ . ~- : ) ~ t",;·:, SS . VVtt/,out Humiliation no mercy. 3~ True humiliation caufctRaman 11 '*"''fromhil - evilt w.Ayes .:: the othe~makes ·a mallbuegive them ' over fora time, whilll he is ficke oftheru; and then returnes agtitJe_; 41 a.Dog to hil 'llf1mit, 2. Chro».33.13• ,It is fa.,id ~mM. humbled NQt himfelfe M M a»A/Jes .hil father h4dht~m!JJed himfllfe, hut tran[gre/JultlffJre· and more: which implies, that when aman is hum· · bled as ht fhould, he rranfgretfethno moreas hee haddone ;.and fo Mant~jfes,didro humblehimfelfe, as ,he tranfgrelfed no more. It-will mak~·him be– come fir<lnger ag.ai~fl: that lin he harh rr:tnfgreflCd : in:.as .abone,that hath been b,t1oken is:fl:ronger.when · it is right fet againe ; he efpecially humblerh him.: felfe for and turnes from his beloved iia, and with that from all the refr. · . ·. · P.ropeny..is, if makes a m~rf- to , cleave fall::to Chrift, and fo drawnigh-tohim in·all theduties of obedience, ro obey hituc<mfianriy, generally and thtoughly. M€n may have light wounds made in theirhearts wh;.chdoenot drive them tO the Pbyli~ rian,, which awakeneth men a little, bi:tt they 'fall afleep 1 e againe :. but when God humbleth fo as.to fave, he fo.fafiens the .apprehenfionofhis mifery uponhim> as to bring himhome ~o Cl:irift : he fees on .the avenge.r of bloud to purfr1e him to theur. mofr, andnot for.a mile or.two, but to foiiow hilm tillhe be driven into theCittyofrefuge.: Ther~ is an hu.mili~rion, which harh not this effect:and con– fequent of, it (and. therefore I mention i,t·asa pro– perty of the true) and,·this becaufe'of a,8efechhat · is injr, in .which refpechhouglt·it ·c'0menearedle. true, yet differs from it : which is in taeevenc feline
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