compared with that of God. 259 men, how uncertain and variable; that it can SERM. afford no fupport to the mind in any diftrefs ; XI. and, efpecially, that it is quite difíipated by the profpe& of death and judgment, in which it can be of no ufe, nor yield any confolation. And to conclude this head, let us always re- member, that 'tis abfolutely neceffary to true religion and the happinefs which is founded upon it, for us to confider ourfelves as in the prefence of God, under his immediate in- fpedion, And that to him we muff: give an ac- count; for every work /hall come into judgment. Laflly, the doarine of this text may be applied to the confolation of good men under rafh and unjuft cenfures. This is the very cafe here referred to. St. Paul, whofe cha- ra&er was fo perfe &ly clear, that from the time of his converfion to the chriftian faith, and during the whole courfe of his miniftry, be knew nothing by himfelf, nothing which fhould mar his confidence towards God and . acceptance with him, confequently, nothing which fhould render him obnoxious to the ,judgment of men; and in a particular manner who had fo well merited the efteem, of the Corinthians, and carried fo inoffenfively to- wards them; he tells them his rejoicing was the
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