Chap. 33. An Expofition tepwf the Bookof; J o s. Verf. 17. 315 bound to doe thegood that he loth, howmuch foever it be that he Both ; therefore it is both an ignoble and an abominable thing for anyman toboaf ofwhat he bath done. Fourthly , Is it abominable to boaft of what we have done, feeing how much foever we have done, it will appeare upon a right and due account, that we have done leffe then we ought, and are much fhortof our duty, ( Lune 17. io.) when ye fhal1 have done all thofe things which are commanded yon fay, ve are sanprofitablefervants, and have done bait that which was our duty to doe. We can doe nothing but what is our duty, but all we doe is not the onehalfe of our whole duty, and (hail we glory as ifwe had obliged Godby doing more then all Fifthly , It is an odious thing for any man tobe'proud of what he bath done, for God might have done ir by another if he pleafed. Noman is neceflary toGod, as if his worke could not be done unleffe fuch a one doe it. He bath choyce of infttu- meats, and is able to fit thole for his bufineffe who are molt un- fit of themfelves. It is matter of thankfulneffe that God will call and ufe us to doe him any fervice, and enable us to doe it ; God could haveput his talent into another mans hand ; the ri- ches, the power, thewifdome, the learning, the parts which thou aaeft by, he could have put it into other ; he can make the dumb to fpeak, as well as the greaten fpeaker ; He can make an Ideot, a Dunce, knowing and learned, as well as the aloft knowing among the learned. Therefore the learned, the elo- quent, have no reafon to be proud, but much to be thankful( ; He can make the weakeft to doe as much as the Rrongeft; there- fore the Rrongef have no reafon to be proud, but much to be thankful! ; He can raife Children to Abraham out of the Rones of theRreet; thereforethe 'ewes mutt not beproud, or thinke that God is beholding to them for being his ecpie ; He can or- daine flrength and hi ozone praife out of the menthes of' babes and fuckliregs (Pfal: 8. z. Math: zr.16.) therefore the wife and prudent haveno reafon to be proud, but much to be thankful!. O remember, It is of Gods vouchfafement not ofour defert, that we are admitted tohis fervice. Laftly, PridemuR needs be an odious thing, and that which Cod greatly abhorr's, becaufe it quite croftth the deG<rzne of God inthe Gefpel "which is to keep the creature humble and S f a low,
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