it I• Joule-exalting f:Jumiliation. i) :looking through the falfe fpecracles of pride, and relfe-Iove, w~e are ·ready to overweene and out " prizeour gifts, to·mifiake fhadowes for fubfrances > worldly pollicie, which is meere foolifimeffe, for .found wifdome, proud prdumption and n1.rnall fecuritie fof'(:rue fairh, pnd firme affiance in God : .. coveroufnetfe for frugalitie ; a bare profefiion fer the power ofChii1ianitie-, &c. anda-lfo to imagine, thauhe fma:llefr mires) ofgrace andvertue are the richefr £aleuts: and the·l.eafr,.fir.fr degrees to be the highefia:ndgrettefr perfectionsofthem :but wllen thefedeceivioggkrlfes- are taken from ouieyes, we · fee our graces and fpirituaH abilities 1n- their owne ' .naliure and proportion : and then counterfeit vercues which like gilded papers or pofis make jg the · - time ofprofpertirie agloFi~us iliew~ feeming pure .gold in outwardappearar1ce, doe confume and va- · nifh in the fiery triall, as~ot enduring the heat of this furnace of afHiftion, and then the weaknefTe: and imperfectionofour new-borne grates-will bee eafily di.fceroed, whenrhey are put to firuggle and wreltle whh troubles and temptations. · This i~thefe~ondreafonfor the pr0ving ofthe Doctrine. · . ·. Taken from a di!hibmion ofaur enemies and Reafon 3· · ·their endletfeand refileffe oppofiticms and affaults. It mulrneeds be fo, conlider the power, malice, ·Cl:mningaP.d implacablt>nes ofour enemies. 1 The devill. 2· Our owne flef11. 3The.world:. Ofwhich See D~111n•. whoie ChrHHan warfa. Reafon .:J, . From the numberldfe multitude and great vari. etieofaffiicHons. Infin-ite are the kinds ohroubles, croffes,
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