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Chap. 23. min F,xpoftian upon the Baokof J O li. 'Vert tO. 379 that we have to doe with aJudge, who as he is both righteous and knowing, fo heknowes all things and perfons in rhemfelves, and not from others. He needs not that any fherseld tefr fie of man, for he knoweth that is inman ( :ohn 2.2 5 )He kyows the way that is inme, or the tray that I rake :and as it followes ; When he hath tryed me IJ3aai!!comeforth ao gold. Mr Broughron reads thus,Tryedhe me IJh,uld come f rib gold, that is, ifGod (as I defire) would vouchfafe to try me, I (hould appearc what I am indeed, not what I now appeare. when be bath tryedme. There are divers wayes oftryall, three efpecally ; God (ryes, firft, by profperity, that's a tryall,a full date dìfcovers a man,as well as a low and empty eftate cloth. To know how to abound is as high a point ofgrace as how towant (Phil. 4, 12.) tohave power in our hands,difcovers us as weI as to be oppreft by power. A'íagiffracy Jhesrrl the man, and it Aeries many to be but men. Afagif`ratus Great power over men is a great temptation toman, and fo like- iadicet virure. wife isthe praife ofmen. ( 2 Cor. 6.4.) Tut in all things appre- ving our [elves as she Miniffers ofgod in muchpatiexce,in affüiti.: ens, in necefties, in diffreffes,&c.and by what elfe? by the Armour of righteou[neffeon the right band, and on the left, by honour and difhonour, by evill report and good report. We approve our (elves, and tryall is taken of us as well by things on the right hand, as by thofe upon the left, as well by honour, as by difhonour. The good report or praife which a man meets with in the world is as great a tryal as the ill report or difpraife which he meets with in the world;'tis a great tryal to bedifpraifed,to have dirt thrown in our faces, & it is a great tryal to be prais'd, to becommended, & applauded,to be lifted up in the thoughts & upon the tongues ofmen. Solomon hath anexcellent paffage ( Prov.27.2I .) the fineing pot for flver,and thefurnaceforgold, Jo is a man to hie praife that is, a man is tryed by his praife, as the filver is tryed in the fineingpot, and as the gold is tryed in the furnace. When. ever you are praifed, you are tryed ; Then your humility and (elfegdenyall are tryed;Thenyou are tryed whether whenyou are praifed by men, you can give the wholeglory to God. Herod: praifewas the fineing pot,and the furnace whereiu he was tryed, Cccz it

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