1,02 i Selfadmiration perilous. dagements, the moft fly and fubtle ofall fnares, the moft mortali of all difeaf_s, and the moft prevalent ofall inti- cing, foule-deceiving and foule-flaying inffruments. t.Self-admira- tionvery dan- gerous. zvRo.12.x6. x Pro.3.5,7+ Six evilsoffelf admirat on. i.Ignorance. CHAP. XIV. IS it their property and pra:ice who are indowed with the life of true holineffe to proftrate themfelves and all that is theirs under the feet of Chrift Jefas ? Then here may we fee with open face the vanity, impiety and peril' r. OfSelf -admiration, of mans having high thoughts, an arrogant opinion of hirnfelfe, and an over- weening con - ceipt ofhis own: excellency and worth. Goliahmuch ad- mired the tallneffe of his owne flame, and the bigneffe of his armour, vain and carnal! man is often much taken, and extraordinarily lifted up with the thought of his own worth, and tranfcendency of his owne gifts, contrary to the charge of the Apoftle, w be net Wife in your owne con- ceits : Doe not dream: of a fufficiency of a light in the lamp: ofyour owne fouls, take not upon you to be your owne guides and Counfellours, prefurne not of a fullneffe at home in the pouf: of your owne hearts : to which a- grees that of Salomon, x ¡cane not to ;thine owne underfan- dine , be not Wife in thine owne eyes : make not thine own: abilities the foundation wherupon thou buildeff, the light by which thou walkeif, the ffrength by which thou flan- deft, nor the weapon by which thou expedeft the conqueft, promife nothing to thy felfe of thy fell: ; be neither con- fident in, nor exalted with an opinion of thine own full- neffe and worth, For r. Such as areover-fwayed with felt opinion and felf-admiration are very ignorant, they know not the nate and condition of their owne foules. Ephra- im had gray hairs here and there upon him, howbeit (faith the Prophet) he knew it not. Self -admirers are full of the charaders-
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