zi LIFE S APPARITION, A N D MAN S DISSOLUTION. SERMON XXV. James 4. 14. For 'hat our life? itk even d vapour that appeared,for a little andthenvanij ethamay. liOilfgemairmr..Hcre are two main things to which the corrupt nature of man isfubje$ and obnoxious; rain judgement, and vain confidence; both fpring out ofone root,and that is Pride ; where Pridepoffeffeth the heart, it will make a man rath in the judging ofothers, and prefume vainly, and confidently upon himfelf ; At all thefe evils the Apoftle !hikes here ih this Chapter ; both Mother and Daughter : bothroot ana branch. Totake heed ofPride,that is the Mother fin ; heexhorteth us to thankfulnefs where initead ofwaxingproudofour felves, he would have us humbleour felves ; and he brings this argument to perfwade us, becaufe they that bumble themfelvet, God will exalt. The only way to be exalted, is to be humble ; he compares the . Rate of man, (in refpe& ofhis future condition) to a pair ofBalances that at hung on a Beam, the lower the one balance is down, the higher theother is up ; the lower we humble our (elves in this life, the higher God will exalt us in the next. PP i The
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