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(jrAc~
-.A/Jounding
.. ·.
·
3C3.·.
~his ,fhew,ed
me
too,.th~f
giftsl>eing,
alone~ ·
~ere
·dange,roU;s,
not
in thenifelve's ··
but
becaufe
of
th~fe
_evils
th.a.t'at'ten~ .· the~
that
have .
them, tow
i~,
pride,
d,efire ·of
v.aitt
glory,
felf con.ceit,.
lSc.
all
' whic·h ;w~ere eali~
ly
blown up at .
the _applauie 'arid
comm~n·
.. '
dation
of every·
unadvife~ <;;hriftian~
. t6
the.
endangering
of a poor
Greature·
to
fall
into
the
condemnation
of the
Devil. .·
· ) ;
\
304·.
I (a.w therefore . that
·he ·
that
bath
4
gifts
had
need
be let into a·fight of the ria- '
ture .of them? to
wi~ -!ha~
they
~otn~:, ~o~t· ~.r;
making
of hJm
to
be)n a
truly
fav~d
condi–
tion, left
he
re~
in
them,
and
fo
fal~ .
fuort
of
the
Grace
of
God.· · ·
·· 3
o
5.·
He
.ha~h
alf:-:>
caufe to
w~1~k
.
humbly .
·with God;
and be
little
in his .own
Eyes,
anq
·to rementber
withal,
that
his
Gifts
are
not.
his
own,
but
the Churches,and that
by
them
·he is made a
Servant to
th,e
Cl,1urch, and
he .
muft .alfo
give
at lafl: an .account
o~
his
Ste–
wardfhip unto the
Lord
Jefus,
a'nd .to
give a
good
account,'wiH
be a
ble~ed,
,t,h~ng
!
.
.
3'o6.
Let all men
theref~,}re, prize
a
httle ,
,w.ith
the fear
of
the
Lord
.(Gifts indeed
ar~ ,
defirable) but
yet
great
Gra.ce
and
fmall
gifts
are better then · great
gifts
and no
c;:race•
. 'It
doth
not
:fay, -
the
Lord
gives.
Gifts and . ·
Glory,
but
the
Lord gives
Grac~ ~nd
Glor.Y,
and
bleffed is
fuch
an
one;
to
whotn
the
Lord
gives Grace, true 'Grace, for that is a ·certain .
·
fartru~ner o~
Glory.
'