(jod knowne, then that IJimfelfe,or any / others fuould make his fuffcrio gs known ; he ddires no further notice 1hould be taken of them, then whereby (;od may be glorifi · din then. · IJ. LaHly, a proud tnan makes his boaR: •: ~ .. · of himjelfe, what he diJ, and how hee , anf~ered , and wbar fu.cceffe hee had, whertas the other makes his boall one- · ly:ofuod. Thr bo~-.fiing in our felves, in regard of our tervices or fufferings, __.... makes both us, and all thatwe doe or fuffer, to be vile and bafe in the eyes of God and man. lr is a notable witty iltP[. expreffion of Lt¥thcr ; by mens boa- ., {bng of what they have done (fa yes -he) httc ego feci , httc ego feci. I hJve · doqe this; and I have done this, they · become nothing dfe ~ut Feces, that is; ~. s\lffer~ngs out of a · · NaturafJ. ·rm[cl'etice. {.; ~ ( • }f dregs. . ~ Thirdly , a man may fuffer moch r likewife fron1 a Natt~raU C6nfcience, where. there is no principle of F~ith; yet this is the be£l: p1 ~nciple ot a\1 others next ro that ofF aith; but it may bee, where there is true (a netiFying and faving grace; many of rhe Heathens fuffered1nluch in their way of Religion, OUt
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