lc 564 Chap. 40. eiln Expöfstion upon the Eao%,of J o B. Verf;9, high in our own : And when God is great in our eyes, we are little in our own , and foare all things elfe ; then our power is nothing to the power of God, our holinefs nothing ro the holinefs. of God, our wifdom nothing to the wifdom of God. 'Tis good thus to compare our felves with God, that we may fee andbe convinced, how infinitely belowGod we are in all that we have andare. David faid (Pfal. 39. 5,) (Mine age is as nothing before thee. It is fo in all other things; our wifdom is nothingbe. fore God, our holinefs is nothing before God, our (Length is no- thingbefore God. As tilde feathers of Canaan faid (Numb.. r3. 3.3, -) Y&'-e fa v the Cants there, and we were ru Grafhoppers M theft fight.. We thought our felves tall men, before we fats thof.high-flatur'd Giants; but havingTeen them, we were but Pigmies, yea, but as Grafhoppers. So we think we have a great deal of power, andvvifdom, and holinefs, till we look upon God, . and then we are convinced of our own meannefs and poverty. The Apofile faith in higheft truth and honefly, as tvell as mode- fly (2Cor. 10. 12. ) Wedare not make our (elves of thenumber,,. or, sömpare:our (elves with Tome-that commend .themfelves; but they meafuringtheemfelves by themfelvés, andcomparing them/elves arnonn f thernfelves are not wife, And why nor wife ? bccaufe they fee- to be too wife, or think thernfelves very wife. We fetme opinion of our own wifdom, and holinefs, and goodnefs, and righteonfnefs, comparingour felves with men like our felves ;. but if, ta.e'would compare our felves with God, :'. e "Ìhould'Loon fee what poor things we ale. What pitiful creatures do" we avp= pear when compared With our Creatour ! andwe fhall have pro- fitedwell by this'Scripture, if we make thisufe of it ; and leave' priding our (elves as men,by comparing our felves with men.One man faith,I am asgood as that man;and another faiçh,I am as wife as that.man,and athirdff'aith,I am as holy'as fuch`a,man,`O that.we would'"but thinkvvlraéthe"goodnefs,wifdorn, and'hofinefsof God are : fuch holy thoughts wrought upon the hearr,will free us from all high thoughts ofour felves, and thenwe fhall lookfor our all in Jefus Chri(}.; then, as the Propher,gives us the true form:of Go- fpel-(peaking; (Ífa4ç,24. ) Surely fball.erte fay, w the Lord I have rigbt'ebufneft and firengtb: And fo wiUevery one fay who feeth ( which is true of all men) that his own dirength is weak- iaerhaad his righteoufttefs a filthy rag, compared-with the ftrength and
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