A choice Bed of Slimes. 191 feed of God in them, becaufe they are all glorious within, John r; into love them as becometh Saints, it is to love them at a L'fal:4'13' -higher and nobler rate, than any hypocrite in the world can reach too. The Wafps fiie about the Tradefman's (hop, not out of love to him but the honey and fruit that is there. But, Secondly, True love to the Saints is appretiating ; a gra 2. - cious foul fets the higheft price, and the greateft value and efteem upon thole that are gracious, Pfal. IS. 4. He honours them that fear the Lord ; he looks upon the wicked as lum- ai. li ber Pf , but upon the Saints as jewels he looks upon the wick- car. I ;9. ed as drofs, but upon the Saints as the gold of Ophir ; he looks upon the wicked as chaff, but upon the Sain`sas wheat; 1 John Is. he looks upon the Saints as fons,but upon the wicked as (laves; he looks upon the Saints as heirs of falvation, but upon the Fleb I . 01'. wicked as heirs of damnation. Gracious fouls do not value pet Cons by their great Places, Offices, Names, Protections, Arts, Parts 5 Gifts, gay Cloaths, gold Chains, Honours, Riches, but by what they are worth for another world. As the great God, fo gracious fouls look not how rational men are, but how religious i not how great, but how gracious ; not how high, but how holy, and accordingly they value them. 111.y gocdnefs extends not to thee, but to the Saints that are f Pr.°. 16.3. in the earth, and to the excellent in whom is all my delight, The Nov. I 2 , 20. righteous is more excellent than his neihbour. 'Tis grace that 1 differences oneinan from another,&that exalts one man above another. A gracious man, though never fo poor, and low, and contemptible in the world, -is a better man than his wicked neighbour (though he be never fo great or rich in the world) in the eye, account, and efteem of God, Angels and ' Saints, there is no man to the gracious man : The Sun cloth not more excel and out -thine the Stars,than a righteous man, doth excel and,out-thine his unrighteous neighbour. Better is; Prov, 18 6. the poor that walketh in his uprightnefs, than he that is perverfe in; his wages, though be be rich. A gracious man prefers a holy job tipori the dunghil, before a wicked Ab4b upon the Throne 11 he fets a higher price upon a "gracious Lazarus , though cloathed
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