336 Of fHumilitieandpride. vs,we hadneede nowdiligently to lookeabout vs :forasPatelfaith,God willnot bemocked we muff notdalliewith him. Now the time whenthe Lordwill doe this, is when no man s., elfewill pleade for him,and that is partly for thenegligenceof hisaduocates themìniflers, and partly forthe vntowardnesof thepeople, who regard not the writsof hisProphets +irïnpsb1iké but theLord muff befainetocome*himfelfWofull experienceproms nowadaies,tl:atif calamities the minifters oftheLord rebukevs,orifany man fhalltake vponhim to adinonifhvs,ive arereadieto rebuke themagaine,and tofèt them tofclsooie too. Whenwe fee tinswilful- muin thepeople,that fpeake the Prophetswhat they will,theycan fecurely Ihift them off, and thoughwrits comeneuer fo thicke theycare notfor them, they think their feeteIhall neuerflip, and being taught theywill teach again;being rebuked they rebukeagaine: whenit commethto this,Ifay, the Lordceafeth todeale any longer byhis atturnies,but hewill defcend,and pleade hisowne controuerfies. On theother fide,becaufe there bee Treechers. fomeProphets whocannot beadmitted topleade, and otherstheywillnot pleade though they beadmitted,butfay with Balsamtheywill neither bleffenor curfe : and fomeif they doe fpeakethey haue Helierfpirit, and faynothing, but Omy brother, you doe not well to doe fo,you muff doe otherwife, they haue not Hofeahsfpirit to tell them of their f'nne to theirfaces : Ifay whenitfalles thus out, that hee that rebukes theworld /hall be flung, and haneafwarmcofBees,orofWafpes about him, whowill,notonly thew the tongues ofShemei, butwill fèt the Prophetsto fchoole : or they fodeale with theMiniffers asthey did with theferuantsof himthatlet out hisvineyard tohusbandmen,fome they kill,foas they beate,and as theydeale with the melÎengers ofDavid, in cutting off their costes, and theirbeards to difgrace them, then the Lordhimfelfeisatisa controuerfiewiththe people topleade againft them. Great graces Simile. )..Pride. CHAP. 37. OfHumiliticandpride. E cannot obtaine Gods mercies in fpeeiall ineafure, vnleffe wee vfe tohumble our felues in fpeciall means. - a Othermens faults muffhumble vs, anddraw vs toprayer: other mens graces muff incourage vs, and taufe vs alto both to prayandto be thankfull for them. The greater gifts weehaue,the flefh is the prouder,andSá. o thanthe readierto aflault vs,wereit not thatthe Lorddidhumble vs,fometimetopreuent Sathansworke. 4 Aaron wasthe elder,yet hegiuethplace toMofes theyonger, reuerrncing Gods graces where bee found them, andcontentinghimfelfewith that mea- lureofgracewhich God had giuenhim. 5 Mofes comming ButoftheKings court could not hauefuffered fucb tumults and re- bellionsof the people ashappened,therefore fortieyeeres was hehumbled, and fo trai- nedvp that hemight hauecompaf ion on Godspeople, and be more fit for gouernment. SoDfipband Dauidwerefirft humbled, thenwere they made rulers ofthepeople. When wee be trulyhumbled, Godmakes vs snore fit for fome waightie calling : for as a greene peeceof wood putin a building will fhrinke, but beingwell feafoned itholdeth vp the building: So is it inman before hebe humbled,&c. 6 Ordinarilywhen Godmolt comforteth,he moltbumbled' before. 7 Pride loin f'ourethings : firft,whenwe thinke wehauea thing,and Godwot it isnot fo. This commeth of felfe-loue,as whenweare delighted with ourowne conceits,doings and fayings, as afoolifh father thnketh his ownc birdto be faireft. Secondly, whenwee make our account ourgifts aremore worth than they are,lookingon them through atsife Iped$acle,as when one having fome littleobedienceor (mall grace,thinkethhimlelfeable torefill any thmng,prc(umouiogon ticc grace bellowedtohim. Thirdly, whenwe know we have
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