266 ' beDífp!op of elotiot 1154ice t Or, had the experienceof all other Things, he had Riches in abundance, Honours beyondall Men -----.- SfrEarth, and Pleafures of all forts, and fuch Wifdom alto, which no meet- Man ever attained Zccácj.l , ' to, yet he cries out, Vanityof Vanity, all things are Vanity : Doubtlefs God might let him try the Nature of all Worldly good, or whatfoe- ver the Heart of Man could delire, that by him all Menmight know, even by his Experience, the emptinefs and vanity of them ; no Man ,ever decry'd the Vanity of all things under the Sun, more thanhe did -------And in theclofe of all, by that experience he had, how doth he commend Spiritual Things, or the Mer- chandife of Wifdoni, i e: the Love and Fa- vour of God in Chrift, or our Lord Jefus Chrift himfelf, whom he Pets forth under the Name of Wifdorn. Moreover, Mofes chofe rather to Trade in thefe rich and rare Coma modities than in all the Treafures and Glories of Egypt, or of Pharaoh's Court ; nay, he Feb. II. efteemed the Reproaches ofChrift greater Riches, 26. or much better than all the Riches and Trea- fures of Egypt, or all the Pleafures of Sin for a Sealn. Alfo youmay take Paul'sExperiences on this account : What fays he ? But what things were Gain to me, thofe things I counted hí.3,7,8. Loffor Chrift ; yea, doubtlefs I account all things but loft for the excellency ofthe Knowledke of ye- fus Chrift myLord ; for i ;n I have of feted the lofs of all things, and do count them but Dung, that I may win Chrift. In his Judgment all things in comparifon of Chrift were but as Du:g, or Dogs-meat. O ! that every Soul that hears
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