48'2 Chap. 2o. An. E.rfofition upontke BoolZe of j O B. Vert..1'o. is, he (hail feek- and fubmit to thofe who aremeanea ; to be 4a. fervant is to hein a meanlowcondition, and. therefore Chrift isr laid to humble: himfelfe when he took upon him theforme of a fervant.To beafervant ofRulers andgreat ores is to be 1rfened,beet to be afervant offervants it tobe as low as low can be. And there- fore Abigail fpake ofher fclf at the lowett rate when David feat for her tobe his wife and companion, (r Sam. 25: ¢t.) Beheld let thy handmaidbe afervant to walk the feet of the fervants ofmy- Lord. Solomon tells us, (Pro. 2.9 26..) That all menfee?¿the Ro . lers favour- When men are in great place and power, no won- der to fee all Peck to them ; but to fee a great throng, at the door of a poor man, to fee many,, waive and attend at gates, putting up, petitions to him, cloth it not conclude that. rhefe fuiters are brought to avery low condition yetGod will make thofe who have beenproud, and lifted up, ftoop thus low. I find ?ob aggravatinghis forrow in a ffraine near this ; For ha-. ving lard at the chafe ofthe 29.Chapter, I chofe out their way, andfat chiefe, 4nd dreelt as aKing in the Army ; but now (as he- begins the 3 oChapter) they that areyounger then1have me in der fsott, whole fathers Iwould have difdained to havehet with the dogslifmy flocs;.; As to be derided and. defpifed by thole that are our in;eriours,. is an of i&on in a high condition ; fo much more to be forced to fubmit to them, and Peek their favour. And this not onely hecatife it is a difparagement to condefcent to the ?leafing of thofe who are poor, and inferiour, but be- cattle it is fo hard to pleafe them. Ufually the lower fort of people are people of a low fpirit. And commonly they who are Matters of no efface, are Mailers of little reafon or inge- nuity ; How rude a thing.:i'rs the ragged multitude ? -How hard a task bath he, Oho muff make ithis bufineffe to pleafe them ? 'Tis no fmall skill and Moyle to pleafe force Princes and rich ones ; Wife men have their, humours fometimes, which will neither fuffer them to be,eaily pacified towards thofe who have offended them, nor pleafed with thofe that ferve them. But how fhall we pleafe them, at any time who feldome if at:all know what will pleafe them(elves ; And who through their want of breeding and difcretion, infult over, aiìd grow upon thofe molt, who feek molt topleafethem ? Any man ofa lowly minde May be pleafed. Bit men of low dates. are for themoff, part,-
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