58 The Spiritual life, and In-being man, that was forely tempted by Satan, in his time : the man was much in Duty, and Satan comes unto him, and faies, Why doeft thou take thus much pains ? thou doeft Faft, and Watch ; but, 0man, what is there that thou do- eft more than I do ? Art thou no Drunkard ? or no Adul- terer ? Saies Satan, I never was Drunk, nor I never com- muted Adultery : What ? doeft thou Watch ? Sales Sa- tan, I never flept. Doeft thouFait ? Sales Satan, I never ate any Meat, or drankany Beer or Wine. What there- fore, 0man, (faies Satan) doeit thou do more than I do? Yes, (faies he) Satan, I will tell thee what I do : I Pray, and Serve the Lord, and walk Humbly, and Deny my felf. True indeed then (faies Satan) I confefle herein thou doeft go beyond me; for I am Proud, and I have Exalted my felf; and therefore, that thoudoeft Deny thy felf, and walkHumblywith thyGod ; herein indeed, thou goeft be- yond me. And know, a Chriftian does not only go be- yond Satan, but he goes beyondMoral, Civil, Legal men: andwhere ever the Gofpel comes in power, it works this difpofition and frame ofheart, there it is wrought in- deed. ue.g. 4 You will fay, What is there in the Go#el, or the way ofthe Gdel, which lies in juflification byfaith alone ; that can work, a mans heart unto thisframe, and ddofition ? Anfw. I (hall name Three or Four thingsofmany. z. Flt.Lt., The more a man does fee theGloryof God, the more Humble he will be, and Deny himfelf, even in Spiri- tual things. Yemay reade how it was with Yob, in the 9. chapter of `fob : ye do not reade in all that book, that Yob does anywhere in one chapter, fo much Deny himfelf; as concerning his own Righteouinefs (which he flood much upon to his friends ) as in this 9th chapter, verfe the 15. Whom (fpeaking, of God) though Iwere righteous, yet Iwould not anfiver, but 1. would rna,ke fiepplication to my judge. Verfe the 16. IfIbad called, and he bad anfwerame,yet would' not beleeve that he had beatbeed unto my voice. Then at the 20. mfr. IfI :Wife myf if; mine own mouth fhall condemn me: if I
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