• • I I : I ' ·' ~- Hea~td Tr:eafure: ~ humilitie is the knc:>t of everie vercue, the or.; · nament of every grace; hence I re3d a quo– tationout of Bajil, who cals.huroility [6tO""ocueo– cpui\i~tev ·1ffi.VTO) ocyoc6~] the fiore-:-houfe Of magazin-af all good: would to God we were'all ~ '; Y· s humble&holy walkers'&: we ilioLtldquickly have our hearts furnifh'd with a treafure.Con• {ec;ration in the time of .the Lawwas by fil· lit1g the hand , ·and he tbat is confecrated to the Lord iliall h~vehis hearc filled~ efpecialJy they-t(:lat a:re emptied of all felJ-conceit, fhal ·be filled witb much of Gods fulne[s : Vally- .. ,; · •Soules, are .ufually cov·ered over with a rich Pfalm 6S· harve{l: of precious fru its : Humility is like.. J J3· 1 ~- wife· a 'fi~; ·difpofition for entertaining div.ine am. • · Truths, thefe choice grafts will like beft in a. ' low'grol.utd : a meek foul .will bid truthswelcom·e : )for 'a:n humblehe arc looks uponevery truth of God as infi nitely above ~ it, felf, ancl therefore falls down under it, and faith, [peal( Lord~ for thy {erv~tnt hearetb; an humble foul ·· ownes the authority ofGod in his word,wher– ever it fi~ds it,whoever brings it, fo that even Ifa~f. a little child, may let~d him any whither with V a ~ cwine-thred of ·scripture-difcoveries : BL1t proud tnen and ·truth can never hit it, for they tbink fcorn eo put their necks'under the girdle of Truth, and it will have .thevittorywhere it lodgerh; Thofewere preud men that would Je~.' 43 • 2 • not obey truth in Jeren~iahJ mouch,an~ there·-- , fore mufi that Prophet take down tbetr crefi$ _ : .. befo_re they could ,be right Dikiples of ' Trutb,Jer.t3.I~. Heflr Jt', give _ ear, 6e not prflt~d ; And obfervce this, a prqud man is ~t... . l • ( ( Wales \ '
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