ALL- s V F F I c I & N c Y. 111 All-fojficiency.Andtherforelay the fault where itis;That'is; Vponourfelues. ,Doenotfiy with J thy felfe,itis becallfe the Lordis not Alt-fuffici.. ent,'bnt,ratherthinkethat he cangiue power to goethroughtheworkehc hath appointed ~e to doe, but it i~ be(;aufe I haue not kept his r_ules, I haue negleet~d the meanes, I haue venturedupon fuch occafions. · Secondiy, Confider with thy felfe,- that the ~njw. Lorddoth this tO humble thee. It may be he is To h~~ble willing· to befl:ow a greater mea!ure t>fgrace, us, •. but he difpenfeth a lelfer meafure; it is that tht Humilitie the b k L' l I nurfeofGra.. heartmay e· ept humble: ror humi itie is ne ces. Nurfeofgt:aces, take away that, andgr.ace withers inthecheart. And therefore when he is willing .. to befiowamercyorgtace on us,hecloth as he did with ltrcob, he Ieaues a Iamene!fe together with it; he will not befl:ow it on us, that he · will make us perfeet,but he leaues fome defects, fome wants,that by that,humilitie may be pre-· fb·ved,and thannay caufe us to cleaue to him, and depend upon him, that he may keepe us [iom an .AI!-fojficiency inourfelues,and teach us towaiteonhim: forwithout thar, r·lie'doth not _communicateand difpertfe unto us that ft.dfici- · encie thatis inh~mfelfe. - . Moreover; Conlider with thy felfe, that the Anfw• .Lordmany times fuffereth us to fee dung~s Jn ! 3• 1. & r: · h b 1 Thatwemay 1 our n1es conver~atwns, t at yt 1emwe may know GOD learneto know himbetter, and our felues alfo; 2ndourfelues · ifwe were able to d.oeby our felues, the L&rd better. wouJdfpare us; but who is able to doe itl It is M faid cccc - -· ~ • • · '
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