Chap. 21.o. An Expofition on the Book of Jó B. Verf. 4. 513 and what is vile if that be not ? or whtr can be viler than that which is altogether vanity ? Man is Firti, If we confider the matter of hí body e Was he not origins I iytilttde of the duff, irdmoulded out ofthct clay, which we tread upon, and trample unde .Tfer t ? In which 'enfe, among zthers, the Apofie (Pk,. 3. t t.) Xall i,3b.t god'a vile bell; the materials of it being vile, is i .Jt?îo if ) . Secondly, Man is very vile , t5: ,`r:r ¡ )11e, rl7oug$ the fnful.. nefs both of his name and lift. S ìr n tiers ::vile indeed ; cor- rupt ion makes us of no.repttitarh,n. fil )ugh 3n 1., as toche mat- terof his body, might haw,. bno cared vile i zrche dayof , his creation, yet he had never dale ,ved that diminifhing title, if he had not finned. Sin- bath degraded nean, and laid him low ; fin hash difhonouredman, and made him vile, cucn viler than the duff out of which he was made. Thirdly, Man is vile, with reíp'r& to all chofe evil confequen- ces and effects of ûn, which have poffeffed, or are ready to poE- fefs, Firf+, our bodies; fuchare weaknefs, fickuefs, pains, and all manner of difeales. Secondly, our names ; fuch are reproach, infamie and difgrace.. Thirdly, our elates ; fuch are poverty and want. Fourthly, our " perlons; imprifonment and reftrainc. Fifthly,our fouls ; fuchare blindnefsand ignorance in our minds, fiubbornefs in our wills, inordinacy inour aff'eLions. Thefe con- fequences of fin, as well as fin it felf, efpecially thofe confe- quences of finwhich are themfelves finful (as thofe laic men- tioned are) render us vile. From this ñrfáObfervation,take thefe four inferences. Firfi, If nlan be vile in that threefold refped before fpoken of (he is fo in many more) then let not any man prize himfelf mach, We donot prizevile things without us ; why then fhould we muchprize our felves who are vile ?We are very apt to have thoughts of our feives beyond our felves,or to thinkof our felves beyond what is meet. Did we remember that we were vile,hìgh thoughtsof felf would foot doWn, and we would ceafe from our felves, as well as fromother men,faying,whereinare we (men) to be accounted of? (Ifa.2.22.)The heft man,ofmeer men,hath but a little breath inhis nnf}rils,and he hath much fin in his foul;where- in then, or for what (as a natural man) is any man to be account- ed of ? Did we know our felvcs more (underflandingly) we V v v fhould
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