chap.s.Se&.g Book IV. Mofes, nay, though Mofn was very meek, and veYy meek...N above- all the men which were upon the face r,f the c11rth, yet Ull'l· 1 ~. 3· • Chrifis meek.ndfe exceeded <-711ofrf{eJ, as the body doth exceed the fhadow. 2 In him was humility, he faved not the world by his power, but by his humility; ir.< his incarnation, Chri£1: would be humble; and therefore he was borne of a poore Virgin, in a common Jnne; in his lik, his way on earth was a continua! lecture of humility. a little before his death he gave fuch an example of humility fl; never was the li~e, he powred water into a bafrm, and begt~n to wVIfb Job. J 3•5· the difciplN fw. 0 ye Apo!He~, why rremble ye not at tbe wonderful fight of tbis fo great humi lity? Peter, what dofl: tbou? wilt thou ever yeeld that this Lord ofMajefiy fiJOuld wafh thy feet? merhinks i hearc Peter, faying, whllt Lord, wilt tlmt wafo my fret? ;~rt not thct~the Sonneoftheliving God? theCreatourof the world, the bMuty of the he11vms, the Paradife of Angrl.s, the , Redeemer ofmen, the brighrwff'e ~f the Fat hers glory! and I, wh,tt am ],but a worme, a clod ofearth, a miferable jimter? and wilt thou notwithflanding aft this wa/h my feet ? leave Lnrd, 0 leave this bafe office for thy fervants; lay down thy towel, and put en thy apparel agt~ine; beware that the heaven!, or the Angels of heaven /;e not ajhamd of it, when they jhall fee that by this ceremon; thoufetfl them beneath the edrth; t.s~/ze heed let!ljl the dttughterof King Saul defjife thee not, when fhe /hall fee thee girded about with thiJ towel after the manner of a fervant, andjhall fay, that jhe will not tt~k§ thee for her beloved, and much lejJe for her God, whom [be (uth to attend upon [o bafe an office. Thus may I imagine Peter to befpeak his Mafter, but he little knew what glory lay hid in this humility of Chrifi; it was for us,and our example; an .humble Chrift,to make humble Chritl:ians ; 3. In him was patience ; 0 when 1 think of Chrifts labours in preaching , wearineffe in travelling, watchfulneffe in praying, , teares in.compaffionating, and then I adde to all thefe his fubmiffion of Spirit, notwithllanding all the affronts; injuries, and exprobrationsof men; how fhould I but cry out, 0 the p11tience of (hrift! theApollle tells us that when he w.u reviled, he re7.1iled not ag.tine, when he fuffered, he threatmd not, but committed himfelf r Pet.%; %1\. to him that judgeth righteoufly, --I have already given a touch o( thefe graces in Chrifi:, which now I may fet before me.- in him ,
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