Part II~ ':A S4Jnt" ~ ·Bruu., . Vngorlly; mr ft~tndeth in the Way of ftnners ~ nor jittttb in the feat of the· fcornful: but his delightir in the Law of the Lord, and in his Lawdoth he nredit~te day an~ night. J The ·curfe of the Lord is in the houfe of the wick_ed, but he blef[uh the habitation of th~ jt~/f: Surdy he fcormth the ·'fcerners, but he giveth grace ut:t~ · the lowly~ Prov. 3• 33, 34. rhcfe arc the true faymgs of the Lord. . · . I tbmtght not meet to pafs by this nece!fary reproof of rhe contempt of Holinefs, which this Land hath bc:en fo guilty of, · and which bath undone fo many fouls, and made fuch defo- – Jarions ·in the Land. And now you fhall fee, that I am able ro make good.tbe ·grounds of this reproof, and that Hoiinefs is •. o Difhonourahle thing. I. The Holy.fervants of the Lord have the moft Honourable 'Majfer in all the world. This only is fafficient to weigh down all the Honours of the world, if it were ten thonfand worlds• · When rbe builders of the Temple were asked their names, by the · Officers of King D:trim, E~ra 5· ·IO, 11. their anfwer was [We are the fervants of the Gcd of Huzven and Earth;] NoKing on Earth, no Angel in, Heaven bath amore homurll~le Mafler.. · To be the higheH E>fficer of the grearefi Prince, is aTitle as, much' more bafe then this, as man is bafer then the-Infinite God. If God can not put f1:1fficient Honour on thofe that are ~ Related to him, tell us, who can ?·When 11-lofes -went to Phae · raoh·for the Ifraelites deliverance, he was to·fpeak in the name · of the Lord ; and when Phar~oh fpake conternp ruouil:y of the · Lord , gs one that he knew not and would not obey, how won-· deroufly doth God vindicate his h(')nour and his people ! 1Let men be cttlled Knights, and Lords, and Kings·,and E'mperours ; may I btlt.be truly callcd·the (ervant of the God vfHMven,I fuall not en.. ~ vy them their honours lOur relation to fo glorious a 1 Majefiy doth s put an unexpreffible Horionr l'lpon !the poorefl:' perfon and the : lowefi.works .A fervant of theLord is more Honourable 'in rags; . in a fmoaky conage, or the meanefii fl:'ate,th~n the Emperour · ofCenftantinopte or Tartary 'is in all their Wea\th :and Worldly:· Glory; . And if you think .not fo your felves,~ why ·· do you fo much honour them when they 'are dead? :'What ·was ·Peter· and-; Paulj .and the -rdlofthe Ap9Hles, bYt poor defpifed men in the · . . HhLl 3 WGrl~·-
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