-Joule-exalting humiliation. . / ~ 1 with an holy flame -ang affeCtionate fervcncie tro'"' ; r wards God) 'whoof hisowne free rnerciehach fea•. 1 ,: . . led unto us by the blood ofhis fonne all the prero· l gatives of the Saints upon earth) and the"'b1dkd ' inheritance of the t!JOfi: glorious and .everlafHng kingdome ofheaven ; Afenceofwhichextraordi - · · nariegood.nefi'e fhould make us toprefer hisglory. . beforeanyworldlygood, the fweerneffe oflife, or falvation of foule : but in oUr·wicked dayes was l wholy imployed in providing fenfually for our I fe]ves. Selfe-love fo rei.gnes in every unregen~rare I man, thar, wh~tfoe~er he may pretend, oryrorefr to the conrrane, he loves no body, .nothmg but I himfelfe ; his love ofall other men,all other things, ~is onely in reference to himfelfe, and made fervke~ .. l able ro his chiefe tarnall contentment. And even ! fince by themighty.workeofChrifis fpirir-,wehave . ' ' \in forne meafure denied our felves, andfet our love aright, wecannqt without a great deale of griefe and fhame , think upon the faintneffe, inconfia– ;cy andcoldneffeofit, towards,our God, his Chrifr, )hi~ ~ord, wor~es, crea~ures:, ·S~cr.J.ments,- Sabbar~s \ , mmtfters, f:rv1ces, chtldr~n- , prefence ·, .corre·tb. on~, - commti}.g,&c. ·1 OurhatreCl whkh all and onely fhould -have biri i fpem upon fin, bath beene peil:ilently bent againfi . ; thebeft and bleffedeil: things·in rhe world ,; even a~ _,: gainft holinetfe it felfe, as thorigll it:were hypocri- . ' fie; againfr profeffion of the Gofpell, and gotfli- · neffe, as thoggh it wereafell; againft 'GodsfaithAt!.7.S.b. – full minifters, as though they' were the tronhlers of . the _eftate, meJfengersofevill things~· our enemies.. See
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