1111 Canres of Hxmiliation. I15 But what need (may fome fay) have we to humble our (elves ? we have Gods Ordinances, we have plenty of learn- ed, zealous, godly Preachers ; we have multitudes of Pro - feffors, the firmaned of our Church is garnished with bright and fhining Stars, our Garden is decked with many fweet and beautiful flowers,ourOrehard is fet withvariety of plea_ Cant and fruittull trees, our Land enriched with great abun- dance of all things ; much caufe of rejoycing,but what caufe of humiliation Beloved, lièael had the Arke, rejoyced much in the pre - fence ofit, yet fell before the enemy ; they had the Temple of the Lord, they gloried not a little thereof, yet were de- froyed. We have many learned, painfull, able Miniflers, bleffed be the great Shepheard of our foules that fends them, and the Lord daily increafe the number of them ; we may fay in- deed with the Pfalmiff, The Lord bath not dealt fo with every Ara - tion : Yet this was a prerogative to which Jeru/alem was no (ranger, all the Prophets were fet as Watchmen upon her wals ; the Baptifl alto (who excelled all the Prophets) the Sonne of God himfelfe, and all the Apoftles were fent to them : yet after all this,and even then was jeruralem deftroy- -ed. The more labourers in the vineyard,the nigher is it un- to burning, if it continue unfruitfull. We have plenty of all things, fo had Jerufalem a Land flowing with milke and hony . Babylon fate as a Queene and no widow; and many who open (as faith the Pfalmift) their monthes againft heaven, have more then heart could wifh, and yet have been fet in flippery places : the more we have received, the more filch ought to be humbled as make not the bell rife of it. Jr is not the prefence,but the good ule we make of our tempo rail fulneffe, which proveth us to be Gods fcrvants. We have many Profefíours, men forward in attending Gods ordinances, in the performance of holy duties : St, there were alto in the dayes of our Saviour,but they under" tooke their profeilion upon falfe grounds, for outward things, and therefore our Saviour would not commit him - felfe unto them. There were many Beal in the Arke, but Q_ a not r Sarn 4,s, Pfal. r47.xeo Tfa.6s,6: Ifa47 7: Pra1.I 7. r. 1ohn6.s6.
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