590 The Saulese`'edtaall caaint toChrift. ftubborna foule ofthine, that now refufeth con, folation whenGodoffers it,thou (halt creepupon thy hands andkw_es, and eat thy flefh, and beg oneoffer ofgrace,whiçh thou haft denied often : Tahn a3. 8. fee howChrift doth fchoole thehuut- bleprideofPeter, for fo I terme it, our Saviour Chrift role from fupper,and boundhimfelfewith a towcll, andwent to wafhhis Difciples feet, but when hecame to Peter, he was very fquamifh, he was loth Chrift thould ftoope fo low ; uhat,wufb my feet 3 thou (halt never wall) my feet : a man would thinke this was great humilitie ; peter was avery toply man, he would not let Chrift yeeld tohim, but he would ftoope to him rather ; this was nothing but a kinde of refratarineffe, and therefore fee howChrift tooke him up, and this is the only way tocure it, IfIwalla not thy feet, thou haft nopart inme ; if youwill goeon inyour owne humour, get you downe to hell, and injoy your owne will ; if I wafhyou nor, you (hall never fee any face with comfort ; and then his ftamack came downe, and he faid Not onely nyfeet, but my body alfo Lord , when Chrift had lubdued his pride,and brought down his haughty heart. That ishumilitieofheart, to take whatGodgives, and receivewhatGodoffers,artd doe what Godcom- mands ; doe fowith thy humblepride,whenmen are complaikiing, andthinke it great skill to an- fwer arguments, andput by the reafons that Mi- pifters propound , and then they thit;e that theyarehumble, and bewailingtheireftates, and haply theymay bee fo;; but bere is thewound,. you,
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