V.& 'Rs.6. be 'contented with a tolerable fapply efnr€elluries: Wllaj7JeV'~-r ex– n~lutl/; hi"'nfel(,&c• Lh~ t 4.8,9. not wFiofoevcr is e'Xalt·ea. I£1 the Olyrrrpickga'meS the Wrei.Uet ~id rte'ver put oohi~bwn cro~.vn ar~d gartatnd. 1-hb. 5. ~. Chrifi 'gfori ~'c1:1 not 'h'it+J'folf ds V~i:'ir 6_ 1)~ic'F!:, 6ui WM' tai!rd oj'(JIJJ. M A·ar<m. vV~eh \Vt \!6 hot fHy for the' call ofl?ro'vrdct~et'cts bt.it anl:lntimcly dd1re bfptoi¥lotion,\vh'i'ch eH:her God crorfeth, ot <:>li€ it proveth a cbrfeand fflaf'e to HS. S'ecotid1y; The next afre is, Th~t we .fi1oui'a hot ·envy~ proud perfon, no more t'fi n \\rt weatd amnn ulXill t11f g'Mbws; they ate k A , , but lifted up, that they may becafl: down for ever. k Wr are aot ~n~ ':m· tb pit) t~i' drtinlz:~N};ut c-nv) the prottd; 'tis Cfirjfo)o'IP~ O'ofe~- xct-l\'d-:rt ~~>uvation : youhad needpiry the-m tbo, for they ard1ear a fall: Pr"v. x._H~,q~~~~ ~P-11 ~ 16. 19. Better be ofa meck_ffi_irit \\ 1 ith t~e Lowly,then ro divide the; ~~,;,~ 0 t:~. fPqif Withth~ prou.J; tb~t isj better ~e eft he dephfftdpttftj, rh ~ n €~1f.lVI11"IV r(J' to cry up a O~nfeGtta~y With tnofe thiir rrmwproud t:p·'oh th~i't "c~P-~ft11 ;,o&c. . , . ., '·''YJ'QJ • rrr.t. fuc<iel~l:s. . . ' .. . r •• , • ' • 6 5. de gloria. Thtrdly, Obferve the Infiances ofGods·dtf~leafure agamfi pride upbnyour felves; er thoft thu are heat Yot:t. ·P.,ul cob'khotice of that th'OrfJ that was in his fidh ; Left (ffiith.he) f fho~J!d 17~ exaltt a {lbollt tm'lljfire, 1 C'ot. r 2. 7· Se you rftay often fay, ThE! ,.\:as an af– fliction to correct and abate my pride; ·a~ridt :Hdie bladder of n1y flatuous and windy fpirit. Sa on others felatta t6 you; hear ex– periences do more w9rk upon u~, ·atlclleave the grHter impreffions et aW€ : See D'Mt, 5 .11. Ani?/. t Mu, o EeY'[ha:d:/(tr, haft 'not hum- . hied thine htNrt, tliJoagh thvu /ZtWwtft Ml thu. Odd tal<eth it ill, when wedo not improve th~ marks ofVehgeafice upo!i uur near~O: friends: we fee others now their gifts afe blafied f~r pride' children - taken away for pride; efiates wailed for pride, and we do not by it to heart. . z,. G·ods grt!Ce iJJ,ivtn to the humb!~. We lay up the ricBtfl oG{ervM.z. wine m the lowefi Cdlars : So cloth God the choycefi nierdts ih humble and lowly hearts. Chrifl: did mofi for thofe that Were mofl: humble; as for ~he Cenurion, ·I am not \Vo'rtbj Jh.4t t!Jb~ fhould{f come undr:r my roof: So for the Syrvplienician Worn:m, I am 4 dtJg, &c. There is excellency enough in Go~; f!Je n:quireth Gnlyf t nfl of unpti?zefl in us : Oea lbvetn te make all 1\Ys wotks Cf!'ealiont ; and gnaeWorketfl mofi: fre~ly, when it wor~ech upbn n0thing. 'Tis net for the b0'!.1'oUt ofGod that theereatures fllbulel r~ceive aught bemmerey, till they atebrotight upon tfieir lthets ; Nn n 2 tht:
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