~t6 · fi they fl:iii hy ic is from t\le pride of their hear"s ~ when t!1cy can fay nothing a. gunft the thipgs they doe or fofer, then they ju ige thetr hearts; this fhewe~,that rofuff~r for God, or tO be forward in fervice is a glorious .t hing, otherw ife why fho ·.tld theythinke O}en doe'thc::m to r~{-ke glory by them; but alchoug~ it be a fl1nder that arifes fto.rn thctr rndicious b,earts againfr th.e truth , to accufc the fuff~rings ofGods people of . vaine-glory, yet certaine\y there may be a principle of pride that may carry men oo even htre; but ther; is much diff~rerce betwe'ene chat fuff;:-ring that a man is carried through by Faith, and · th~t wb~h a/man iscarried through by prtde •· as, . , Firfi, tfpride be thr.principle, a man ' h ready to put forth 'himfelfe though he be not called: It is rrue : hat in foate extraordinlry cau{es~ a man may have: · ~n inward ea 'ling, by fomeex rraordinary motionof liods ·Spirit, as fome of the MartyrJ h1d 1 btu in· all ordinary way , a gracicus heart fe~res it felfe, · and/dares not venrure untill GQd ~als, depending n:tore upon Gods~all, rr.ten . ~ a~y
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