Part ·II.' & 8. 17, 18. Asthe Angelfaid to Eiijah, i. King. 19; 7· Arif~ t~ ndelite, bectlufe the jaurmy u too .great for thee 1fo God enwu– rageth his fervants by h1s Honours· and rewards, beeaufe the journey, the labour, thefuffe ring.is too great., without fuch en– courag(:mc: nt to b.e cheerfully t:mdergonc: And in the Hrength o.f thefe confolatwns, they bear the crofs~ 5. The objection is mofi againfi the Lord. If it ,be an errour to Honour and extol ehe Godly, as tending to make them Proud, it is God bimfelf that is the owner of it. The words that I have recited to yoa are his own words, Do we devife "'rhefe fayings ? Or do we not fhcw them yot1 in t!1e Scripture ? And. dare you charge Gocl with .cn·our, or encouraging Pride ? Do .you think.he ·knew not what he ·faid; when he fpakc 'fuch Ho– nourable things of his fervants. Did he need you to have taught him to have endited his word, and to have warned him rh•tt he make not his fervants proud.! .As if h~ hated not p.t:=ide a-s much as_you ! ~ · 6. Yea Godwill do more then this for his fervants, he will ad– vi'lnce them to Salvation, and yet he will not make them proud. There is no Pride in ·HMven, though there be chegreattft Glory.; The Angels.;are mojf.glorious,,and yet leAft-proud. If you would not wiili God to k_tpp men out.of Heaven leil: it make them proud, you fuould riot grudge at his Hono':ring them on earthi ·With.the mention of their Heaveni] titles, upon,thatafcount. 7• .The Exaltation ot the Saints . is ·a /piritulll exAltation-; which is not fo apt to make men Proud, as carnal exaltation is. Charity puffech not up, as aery k..,nowledge dot: h. It is felftflmefs that is rhe Life .of Pride., (which confifl:eth in exceffive felf.J. efleem, and defire of an exceffive efieem with others, and to be nugni6ed by them ) And •nothing but Grace can fubdue this f elfiflmefs, ,and the.refore no.thi.ng dfe cande!l:roy Pride. 8. Moreover fhc Honour of the Saints, is the lefs .fike· to make them Proud, hecatlfe ,Humi/itJ is p11rt·of the ·G~·ace thllt u btftowed on the.m. To.be Pro11d and Holy, isto be fick. and well, to be Lif,ht andDark.: : they are plain contraries. No man is pro.ud bm for ·want of Holin.e}s _: and therefore rhat Holine{s fuould efficiattly make men proud. is irnpofiible, ·any more then, Health can make .men jif~ ;' or Dar~nefs can be caHfed by 'Lit,Jrt .. And if ahjeEfh;e/y ~ny be- Proud ~f hu·Holinef~<, rha~ is 'hl4t.iP fuch.a (Iltafur4: as h~. 1s unholy.. Hol~mfs doth ever mcrtifi~ - Pt;ide,
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