i~pMtheEp~!fleqf JAM J s. VfJltS,6. - - - - ~ - - fdves, God hath mad~ t.;V(XY ~n an. object of rt.fj@a or pi() ; ·~i~ pride that maketh [email protected]~S ~f copte.mpt, and in them. rheir M~~er~ f!-ro~. \ ?• 5. 'tts ~<kknpttQn ofwtcked mrtn, to fie 10 the fe,qt ~~j~Q'flf.i~r J , f f.a.l. I, l. 'Tis_a Gn fa hat~ful toGod~ ~hat he ta .. keth oori~~ of diJdainful gefim:es; PHtrtringfarth qf rhc jiHgt;r in 14 fcoff, ![lli. 18~9. t R~~giw·thgr4cq] 'Iis meant fpiriru11lly, offuch help and grace when;by they mayovercome their. ~arnal defi(t:S; c:atn<,~l lufis cap.. not be ovet:came but by theaffifhmce ofgrace. . 'Tq the- b~tlftb/((.J •fis not taken for.avile and abjetl condition, biJt.fo,r the difpofition ot th~ Soul; and yet not for a moral humi– lity,, but f.or an. holy brak._cm1efs and ctJntritiQn ; as byproud in a {pititual f~n(e ~t:e meant ftitf necked and unhumblfd fir:mers. The. majn.Qbfetiv·ations out of' this latter claufe; be6des thofe hin~ed in tl'Xt Expliea.tion, are thefe: 455 I. That of4.11 (t11s Gqdfcttcth him{elft~punifo.thefin ofpride: 06fcrvat~ r. dr1t7eh7=7cu • He abhorreth other finners, but againfi rhe proud he profdfeth Qp ~n. d~fi:inc...:: a_nd .hofiility. One ~sk<;d a l?hdofopher whll~ Go4 wa.f! adoing? He~n(wered, 7Qtl1m ip(im orxupationon ej[e in el~?Nlti(J..nc lmmili!l-rP:, efo/11pe.rb'~Yitt.m dcfellionr, That hu whfl.fe,"W()rk,. lV.tf ta lift- 14P t·he- ht'mbJe.~ tt~nd t<4'1ft down the proud: Tis the v~ry bufinef~ of Provide.nce ; the Bible is full ofExamples. This was. th.Q fin c.~~~ turned ;J.;Jgels into Dc-uils ; they would be above; aJl, and under none) a:nd 'th~refore God curnbkd them down, tp Bdl.: IVol11it V•w~ pati c:rthabi,ta,irmcm fuperbite (as ()ne ft\ith) ,, (Gqd c:oult' not end~J.re to b:we prade;'f~ oe:u- him : Then lr wracked h Ev8ct, Til~ 21! m.ankinq, whe.l,il it.<;,rtrt eut ofHeavm into P~Jr~Sdi{e. Youmay ?r~ chcu; ~~ , tr~~~ th~ fiory .of it ;~11 down along, by the ruines and falls of thofc J)Mct,xc1v d.x.– tbqt emerhiotd ir. Tbetime woulo fail me to fpeak of all: Pba- 11vc~v ;1n.Sa– rf(o/p, §nd Ht-rod, an.d Nama11, ~nd l'Jrqfmch.adne~~ar, an; fad in- A.cii; o J~'Yvfi~nc,e~,and .d.o l~wdly p.radaim, Th;tt all tbe w~rld cannor k.Jep him f~ xct,laui-,J~ 'W chat dGth not. ~tptjqwrt his-.own fpir~. H~ro.d did bucendure <3-f-1~ .!3-cwp.ct,~ rhe fla~E<r~ies Qf o~tlrs ;· he b!lcron-a h fuie ofcloth of filver, and che o-Lv; £7r~>IA.Sun-Qealllsb.eatiogij.poQ it,tbe p~op.l~ cry~d, The voyce r!j Cj4d, anti /3«,p.ctrp.al~(i}v not ofw~n-, be.ca_u(~the A.n~el$ were wont tQappear)in. fhining g~r- Tl <po#•e}v ~ .~~I)t~· ; l'JQ\M ~SCll!lf~h~:~t:QUk~d thew not.~~ W~!i ~:tten Up oflice: T'ot>, ~~~ d.v- . f~e A:{]! 1~$ N~~J.~bfeJ~· G<2.cl ·h®hpu.nttb~d ~~~~m htsownpeo. 7ov "-nvt;~Sa-J . ple; ~her~ ar~ ·f~q i11fiwc~~.t\his ~ifpleaiPr~ rag~jn(t th~ir· pddc: q;e~JG@h, •. V~~~br·tt11t w~lif~r,d;,u.p.,, 21 ChrQn. z.6, '-;,;7.. :md then (mittenof fofephut•. .. leprofie ' 1" 'ft.'
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