z-5s ·· Part 11. their Ftrther: Who hath tifrs to hear, let him heltr, Matth. 1 3·43 .] - Yea [thq foall In equal to the Angels of God, Luk.:z.o. 36.] This is the Inheritance of the Saint! in Light of wh ich God is · now makingus Meet to be partak.Jrs, Col. I. I 2. If [ all that j11te in the Council againft him,Jaw Scevens jffce tU it h.rd. been the flfl ce,. of an .Angel J Act; 6. I 5. what fuall be the glory of the Saint s .. when themfelves fhall fee the face of God, and his n~ me fhall be written in their foreheadS!, Rt"f!. 22. 4. · when the ungodly world thall know , . that Holinefs was the moi1: Honour11.blc . SMte! But perhaps forne will fay, that [this lanJ:;uage will nMk! men . Proud. : To tell mtn that they are the mofl H(moHrable perfri~s in the world, u the way to mak,_e them the Prondefl perfM.r. J To which I give you a manifold anfwer that your Obje– ction may not have .th~ leafl pretence. that it is .unfatif~ fiecl. I. Worldly Honours are of a mere /welling ~ature then Rea~ vmly Honour I : and yet it would fcarcely be taken well, if this co·ncluGon !hould pafs for currant, that the moj} Hrinour~t/;fe are th_emfJft Pro1sd. For then it would follow that none arc fo 'l:li/e fo Lik,g_ the De11il, fo smlikf God: and fo the· Princes and noble; of the earthwould become the mofi defpicable perfons in the world, and thdr very H~nottr it felf woulcl be their difooneur , and fo no Honour. And if worldly _Honours will not warran~ you to co,nclude the perfons !O be moft Proud, much. lefs will the Heavenly Honour. There is the more Need and the lefs Fo.r of the RontJur of the Gud!y, .becaufe it i!i the blejfing cf an Humbled foul. God cafis them down before he lifrs them up : It is only the Humble that he exalteth. They feel their fin and mifery ' before rhey know ,rheir Honour. A Br<;>.ke.n heart bath need of hea1ing, and a fainting foul is fittefl for a Cordial. You need not fear when you ·refrefh the fick.., len it fhould make them– 'W~nton as it may do the found. A comfortable word to one . that is lamenting over the dead, and weeping at a. grs.ve, is not · fo .likely to make them Proud, as to others in profperity. A . drooping and difcouraged {out, is hardly raifed high enough, and ~ep,~ from !inking: )"hey have had the Jentence .pall upon ·· them,
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