chap.¢a. an Lxpofrtion upon tbe:Book of ) o B. Verf.6. 833 Obferve; The clearer manifefiations we have of God, the greater and deeper are our humiliations. yob lawmore of the power, moreof the foveraignity, more of the holinefs of God in himfelf, and more of his goodnefs to him, f2uiDeunvi,; than he had done before; and therefore he abhor'd himfelf. That ditfrerinonpo- place is parallel to this (Ifa. 6.) where, as foon as the Lord had acßcufeu,nffo declaredhimfelf inhis holinefs and glory, theProphet cried out temnar (ver. 5.) Wo is me, for Iam undone, becaufe Iam a man of un- defpiciat ;non clean lips , and I dwell in the midit of a people, of nnclean ems, cause lips; for mine eyes have feex the King, the Lord of bolls ; that "verb tuam is, my bodily eyes have fee the figns of his pretence, and the impuritatent, eye of my foul is fo over- pre(}, with the prefent weight of his purri f pdiv s glory, that I cannot (in this frail condition) bear it, but mull fink fuerir, Brent. under it ; Wo rs me,,I am undone. As the wicked (hall at laft cry, wo and alafs, at the angry pretence of God, and (hall in- deed be undone for ever : So a godly man may now cry, Wo or me, at any unufualappearance of the holinefs and glory of God, and cry out, I amundone, I know not how to bear it. Ijaialo was not only a Prophet, and a true Prophet, but a very holy Prophet, an Evangelical Prophet, one that fpakeglorious things of Chrtll to come, yet he had never feen fo much of God before, nor was he ever fo deeply humbled before, he never cried outbefore, lam undone; which word implieth the greateft fence ofhis own nothiagnefs,vilenefs,and wretchednefs.The true reafon why men carry it fo high at any time with God, is, becaufe their notions and apprehenfions of God, fall fo infinitely below him. Did we know God more , how fhould we fear before him, and Band as men afloni(hed at the prefence of his majelly It is our darknefs about God which emboldens us beyond our bounds, or the line of creatures. The Prophet Habakkuk faith of himfelf (chap. 3. s6.) whenIbeard, my billy trembled, my lipsquivered at the voice, rottennefi entered Into my bones, and I trembled inmy felf, that Imight rift in the dayof trouble. When Iheard, that is, when God revealedhimfelf to me by that fpeecr at the zd verle of the chapter-, OLord, Ihave beard thy fpeecb, aidwas afraid ; thenPaid he (at the t 6. verle ) When I beard,my belly trembled. The reafon why carnal men and hypocrites carry it fo floutly before God, is, becaufe t ley know nor God aright ; O0000 they
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