Ctire hereof; 21-9: (7therefore if thy gifts be moreeminent then others, con- i ,nre 'rlf: cider it is the Lord makes thee todiffer, and Gods favour muff ( exaltation. i.God makes be unto thee as motives to humility and meeknefl:, and as rile difrre{ice. obligations to fincere and foundobedience. 2. Remember that it is not the greatneffe of the gift, but : Well Ming of the well tiling of the gift, that is, the glory ofthe receiver : It eceiver.out of is not the having of any thing, whether much or little, but thehavingofChrift with it, that makes it full and fatisfado- rie, fweet and comfortable, ufefull and beneficiali unto man. 3. Confider whatfoever thou haft, if it puffe thee up, and 3.G;fusputfn. 'make thee fwell, it is not food but poifon, no mercy but a up,a curse, curie, no evidence of ditiine favour but of fe.vcre anger to thy foule. 4, A mans te- 4. Thinke upon the tenure by which thou holdeft all that nure,a tenancy thou halt, thou art but a tenant at will, the inheritance is at wiu. Chrifts, andhe may turne thee off whenhe lift : All things goe andcome at his cómmand, as the fouldiers at the corn- mandofthe Centurian. ) s , know and be affured that theglory and fulneffe ofìnan ! s.c hri t mane is Chrift, all abilities are a veryvanity and emptincff with- glory and fa. out Chrift Jefus. He that hath molt of' Chrift J _fus is of all neffe- perfons the molt glorious, neither bath man caufe of glory- ing and rejoycing in any thing. but in Chrift alone. Be that gloriesmuff glory in the Lord, and in nothing elfe : He mutt glory in the poaver of Chrift fupporting him, in themifedome- of Chrift directing him, in the 6leffing ofChrift making all . ftcceff:full to#iiin, in the all-fufficiency of Chrift putting a fulnefffc into his poff.'ion, whether much pr little, in the righteoufnef e ofChrifl j.ttifyinghim, in thepretence of ,hrift encouraging him., and in the love of Christ folacing him. That manbath thegreateft glory, and the fweeteft and- fureft. fulneff_ 'whohoarmoft ofCbrill Jefus. ,6Iffue of all 6 Ohferve and weigh well how the iffueand event of allis dependant up. not fo much dependant upon the abundance and excellencies of, on "Gads All. mans abilittes,as upon the all-disefochry handof God. 1returned d,fpoGng hard and rareundér the Sunne (f ít;ß Solomon) that the race ie.not to the fwsft, nor the batten to the ßrong, neither yet bread to the Ì wife,
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