Chap.z.Secb Luuking unto 1eftu. Buok IV. Part.;. 699' thould look t<>•the inward, and not to the outward adorning : men, and women efpecially h:we rules for this, Jour adorning let it not be that outn•.erd adorning, ofpl.uing the hnire, and ofwaring' Pet·]· 3d• ofgold, or of putting on cf t~tpparef; but frt i1 be in the hidden, man af the heart, in that which u not corruptible. Oh what is it for a man to be doathed in gold, whiks his foul is wretohed,. and mi[erable, and poure, and blind, ancl /1,f/~erl? 3. Let us admire at the condefcention ofChrifl:, who for our fakes came down from heave.n to teach us wifdome; and for us who werefooles indeed , was content to be accounted a foole hirpfel fe; yea, and if need had been, would have been ready to . have fai d with David, I willyet be more v ile than thm, and will 1 S:im.6.z: , be baje in rNy own Jig h. I know this doctrine is an offence to many, (hrift cn:cified is unto the ! ewes a ft umblin.( bioclz. and unto I Cor,r 13 . theGree.kf foo lifonefJe. To teH natural men ( [uch as Herod, and his men of war) tlut this fame J efus whom they mock, and fee at naught, is the Son ofGod, and Sa viour of the world, they .cannot beleeve; it is plainly evident, that not many wife-men after the fi efh, not many mighty, not many noble areca/led; but God hath r Cor .r.16,J7 called the fooiifb things of the world to confound thewife; why this ver.% ~· is the fruit ofChrifis condefcemion, called the foolifone{[e ~f Cjod; ' wifdome it felfe was content to be counted a foole, that thofe who are accounted the foDlijb things ofthe world might be wife to falvation. 4· Let us fearch whether Herod and his men do not keep a. rendevouz in our hearts; do not we fet Chrifi at naught? do, not we mock him, and a ray him in a gorgeous robe? whatfoever we do to one of the leaft of his Sain ts, he tells us that we do it tohimfelfe, M ar. 25 40,45· and have we notdealtthus with his sa:ms ? have we not dealt thus with his Minifl:ers? when E lifh<~ was going up to Bethel, therect~rm Little children out of z King.~.: 3 , . the {ity, and meck!.i hinJ, and[aid unto him, go ~tp thcu l•ald-head; go up thou bald-head. A reproach of bald- hc11d, roun.1-head, given to a faithfu_l E li/ba, or Miniiler of Chrifl:, proclaimes you . as bad as thofe little d1tldren, yea, as bad as Herod, and his men ofwar; fuch Herods were a little before the dellruction of {at<• . · f idem, fome there were then that mocked the mejfenJ.ers of God,~ Chron. 36 anddefpi[ed hu words, andmifufed hvs Prophet.·, unti!l the wrath of and 16.. J the . Lordt~roflagllinft his people, till therew~ norem.ed;. · Otake FJff .3 heed .
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