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Ephefians,
Chap.
5.
V
E
R.21.
oftliing'sthey havefrom
God.
s'
If
one confider themfclves
as lacking
fomething that the
meaneft may have.
3.
In
confiderarion
of
fome circumftance,
as
what others
would doe
if
the
like
grace were !hewed
them,
or what no.
torious
fin
I
have committed fometime, which others
have
beene
kept
from.
4. According
to that which
a Saint
feeleth,
and which God
difcovereth to him,
for
hecannot
fee
that
fpirituall wicked.
neffe in any
that
he findeth
in
himfelfe.
The
fecond
thing
is
the
duties
of
fubmiffion,
which one
muff pra-
&ife
toanother.
r.
The
fuperiöur
mutt
hanour
the inferiour, as
well
as receive
honourfrom him,
Rom.
I
a,
ao.
as
the
rich
mutt thinke,that
the
poore
are
exalted
of God,
theMatter mutt
think
of
his
fervant,
as
Gods
freeman.
2.
They
muff
feare
them,
hand
in awe
to doe any thing which
might open their mouths,
lob.
31.34.
3. They
muff ferve
them,and fometime
rather deny their own
snindsthen not
pleafe
theirinferiours
:
For what
is
any pre-
.-
eminence, it
is a
more honourable
fervice, and for that vo-
luntary laying downe our
felves
toward
any
that
are
weake
in
thingsindifferent, the Apoftle fetteth it
downe,
I cor.9.
á9.
Tbough
I
be
free
from
affmen, yet
have
I
made
my
fe1fe
fer-
vant
unto
all,
that
1
mightgaiite the
more,
r.
Cor.
t
o.33.
4.
Laftly,they, mutt thew fubinißïon
in
hearing
their
grievan-
ces,
lob
31.13.
If
I
did
def»fethe
caufe
of
my
man-
jervant,or
e+fmy
maid.
fervant,when
they contended
with
me.
Thus
all
of
us
are
to
thew fubmiftion one to
another.
Now
if
we
layour
felves
to
thefe
things,
we ¡hall
fee
how
farre we
are
fron*
our
duties
:
For
we
nourith fwolne conceits
of
our felves;
we
think ita
credit
to
take upon
us
,
and lift our
felves
above thole
to
whom,
as
fathers, we owe fubmillion. So what
a deale
of
high con-
tempt
is
there
in many
a heart towards
înfcriours
t
And for
making
our
felves their fervants, denying
our owne
minde
, we
will
nor bate
an ace,but
doe what
we thinke we may ;
Why, if
he be offended,
be
may thanke him
felfe
; I
hope I have
libertie, I
take
not
myy
felfe
bound thus
and thus.
So for hearing,
men are
like
Nabals, thetext
faith,
his Men
durft
not
fpeake
to him,
he
was fo
froward
:
thus being
with
cbildeofour
delves,
and the love of our
felves, we are
fwoln
fo big
that
there
is
no roome for
the
Spirit
to
enter
in
us.
2. Obferve,What
the
feare
of
God
doth,
it
maketh
¡ubmile, and all
true
fubmitüon
mutt
flow hence : Looke
lob
31.14.
Gen.
s
o.19.
The
of
God
is
the hammer
of
pride;
the wing
of pride
is
cur
where
this dwellcth. And it ferveth fortwo things:
Itlettcth
us fee
that
there
is
little
feare
of God
in
men,there
is
filth
fanali
fubmiflion,
fuch a matte
of
pride and
kif
love
:
if
thou
defpifelt
thyI