Manton - BS2785 M35 1651

• 3)0 Obferv. 4· (Gal,6.x. ·o/Jferv. 5. VERS .I . A n Expojition, With N-ot-es .an ~o\y :ut and m~ans to fp.end yo;tr .zeal with leaft danger, and liloO:_pt:ofit•· 11 •• .• • , ~ • • , • , • 4· Fro~~ ~h~t [Knowing that We, :d·c.]- A R~med7 ag.UnJ1 vain .Cenjures,.u to f confider our{elves, Howis it with us? Gra– cious hearts are .always looking inwar,d; .they enquire mofl: into thet~lfel~r~tllre .~ fever~ _aga.infi ~he,ir .own corruptions. ~ 11 l Moft inqu.ificiy_G..af~~r·~hei_t own fins :~ The fools e]ts are to ·the- tndS'rJf the E..zrth,always abroad ; like the windows of the Temple,broad outward,narrow ig.w.ard.; curiam to fift the lifes ofochers,carelefl to reform his own : :But with goodmen 'cis otherwife, they find deceit ~no!Jgh j~; tqeir pwn h~an~ to .rake ,up .their ~are ··and thoughts• .~·- ~qftJeyere againfl: ;the,mfelves: A.good-·hearr .-is ready to throw .~be fi.rft l.lonc againll ic {elf, {oh.8. 4, .5. others can with much f\eac imr~igh againfl: other mens fins, and with afond in• .dulgence cherifu their own;.- hatred againfl: .the perSon cloth but take,th~:aqvantage of the mifcal.'ria~e, .to,fu~G>wd ~it felt from ncrtice and cenfux~ ·; _3np though they hate the Tr~t.ytor t yet they love the Treafon. , . · . 5. Rafh: lf!rld undHe judging .~f othrrs 'When We.areguilty our felves,malz.e~h udiable to thegreater judgment. The Apofrle pro– c~edeth upoq that (uppofitioo : Sharp Reprovers had need be ex– act, otherwi{e they draw .~n: hard Law upon themfelves, and in judg!ng othe~& r pronoJ.Inte their own doom ; their tins are fins of -knowlqdg, and c~~ more knowledg the more firipes: Ignorants have .this aq:.rant~g~, Hf miti/.u arde~nt; they haye a cooler Hdl. · we!~ t~en,- ~ei;{,nqt.in l(al~iQg andiprefcribing burth.ens to others, , "tis ach~p_z.e~l ;, J~ut..t)dt?.k!./f tthot~ that tho~J jbaft effape?Rdm.t,:;. and v~rf. ~!.~ ·:phfJJ! : 'w.hi~;/p l(~h~(f.ariot.hef:, 1Caehc-{f thoa not' thy [elf?&c. T~rtl !s--it.~ tm~rri~ in that,. as well as little[tlf-dnryr– al ; and Hyp"'qifit will re~der us liable ro condemnation _: .He'lt u the Hypocritf_s f e_e;-fi:mpie;. .Mat.;.4•5I• ,Thephrafe of rec~ivir~g the g_r:(ater j11rf/.I,.11Jt1!~ is.a'l(q a:pplyed to·_. the Eharife-es,~ M"r.t_3.I·4· hecaufeof th~~.l~jpo~.ritie :· So.t!Uttchoili' that reptove,· whether out.ofatlice·orcfra.wiry,_ ~ad: need look to-them~lves, their fins. ate fins·agalnfr .~r~o~lttdg_, and. fo)have ·more of mfllice. and 11ypocrijie ,.in them, and ther~~olie draw on thegreater judgmenc. Lewd Mi.;. nillers could Qo£·bJlt,t.remble in the~r hearcs)l if they we~re fenfible ·of their work:. G_oq pnrifi.sd Ifa.iah before he'. f:mt ~im to re~ "pro71~ Ifr~l, lflli• ll;•fi· :Ygur firll work ~.uld · begin at. your ·· · · -- · - - - 'o,wn

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