· ·~64 A:SAint fir aBrute., Pare .If. . I r. And ·our A~jol~ttiQn ~tnd G!orifict~tion at that day , is pro– pmfed us now but conditiiJnally ( though Gocl will fee that the condition be.Performed by all that be will fave.) And therefore the poo.r foul is oft fo far tofee~ about the certain fincerity of hi§ owa,fatth and Repentance, that mofl: of the godly are kept in fears and douhtings to the deuh. Yea and Humilit) and Self– de.ny.al are part of thu Condition : ·And all their Honour and Glo.ry with Chrifl: is promifed to the Humble ·only : Humility is commanded them in the ~Precept: Humilit] is it that they are exhorted to by rhe Minifl:ers : And ·Pride is threatened with everlafl:ing wrath , and defcribed as the Devils image. So that Holinefs bath all the advantages againfl: Pride that can be here expected . . 12.. To conclude, the Godly know ~hat as they have nothinct but from Cod, fo they have nothing bYt for God : io that thei~ OWt;~ Honour is fer him,morc then for them{e/ves; and it is efentiat to their Holinefs, to make God their .cnd, and fet him liightft, and referr all to his Pleafure and Glory. So that you fee now that we may Honour them thllt fear the L9rd, ( P[ttlm 1·5··4·) without bemg guilty of making them proud, and that we "mufi not deny them the Honour that God hath given them as their dae, for fear of their being proud of it. Though this, as alJ things elfe, mufl: be prudently managed to particular perfons , accordiqg to their various fl:ates. And therefore let me here warn all you that profefs the fear of God : Take heed Jefi you beprondof any thing that God hath Eomuredyou. with : For if you be; you fee what an Army of Reafons and Means you fin againft ; and wnfequently howgreat your fin will be. And ymar confciem:es and the world (hall be fon:ed to jufl:ifie God and his Holy wayes , and to prove againfl: you, that it was not long of the~ th~tyou were prou~: a~d that none in the world w&s more agamfl: tt then God and Hohnefs : and that it was not becaufe you were fo Religious, but bec:aufe you were no more Religious.. ~nd if ~ride of K~owledge ~ Gifts or whatfoever,be unmortifiedtn you,tt w1ll cerramly prove that jsu llre 13one of the Ja~a~(ied ; when your prof~J!ion of ~-~tnflity will never prove tha~ Silnfbty was ac~uf~or confederate myour !!n., - And
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