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hu-
miiitie.
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Comforts
far
thofe;vho
feeand
feele
theirimperfétiiora.
continue
in
our pouertie,
that
fo
we may contintïally
depend
vpon
him
:
and
like
a
vile
pouf soldcrhec
loth
not
fuddcnly
aduance
vs
to our
highefl preferments,
for
then
wee
would
leaue
his
feruice and
betake
vs
toour
cafe
and
pleafurc
;
but
he
bcfloweth
his
benefits by little and
little,
and
fo
keeping
vs
fill
in
expeó}ation
ofreceiuing
more, he retaineth
vs flail
in his
feruice, and eucrie
day increafing
his
bountie,hec put
-
teth
alto
into
our
mouthes
new fongs
of
thankfgiuing, and
giueth
vs daylie
new occafion
ofpraifing
his magnificence.
Secondly;
as
the Lord hereby aduanceth
his
owne glorie,
fo
allo he
worketh
our
good,
and
furthereth
our eternal'
fal-
uati
on. For
firftbyleauinginvs
there reliques
of
finne
and
manifold imperfeòiions,-hee
worketh
i<n
vs,
trte
humilitie,
which
ofall
other
graces
is
moll
acceptable
veto
.him,
and
mortifieth
our
pride, which
ofall other
vices
is
molt odious
and abominable
in his
fight. For when
wee
fee
our manifold
infirmities and corruptions
of
finne, all caufe
of
pride
and
felfe
conceit
is
taken
awu,ay,
and we
inall humilitie
are
moo,
ued
to
confeffe,
that it
is
Gods rnercie
.that
we
are
not
confu_
med ;
,how
much
more
that notwithf}anding
zur
vileneffe
and
vnworthinefhe,
he
hath
made
vs
his
fonnes
and heires
of
euerlafling
glorie? And
thus,
ofthe
flefh
ofthis
Viper
finne,
doth
the Lord make
a
foueraigne
antidote
againfi the dead-
ly
poyfon.
ofpride.
Atid
asgood'
Chirurgions
Idoe
not
fud-
derrly
healc
vp
the wound,
but
keepe
it
open
till
they
haue
drawne out
the core and healed
it
to the
bottome,
for
other
-
wife
it
would
putrifie and become more
dangerous;
fo
the
Lord
will
not
at once
heale
the
wounds
of
our,
Tonnes,
but
leaueth
them
as
it
were
open
and
vneured
,till
?hee
haue
drawne
out-the core ofpride;_which
being
left
in
vs
(though
we were healed
of
all
our other
finnes) would-
more
indan-
ger
vs
than
all
the
refl.
Wherein
the
Lord
confirmeth
and
furthereth
vs
in-che
way
of
faluation
;
for
nothing.more
weakneth and
dífableth
vs
than pride,
nothing
more ftreng-
theneth
&
vpholdeth
vs
than humility, becaufe the,firength
whereby
we
fland
and repell
our fpirituall enemies is
not
our owne abilitie,
but
the power
of
Gods might,
and
the
-Lord
withdraweth
bis aflifting .hand
from
theproud
to
the