upon tf:u: Epiftle of J A M B s. [aid, Thy face Lord Will 1 juk.._: The Command is plural, Suk._. ye; the Anfwer is fiogular, I Will; the heart mull: eccho thus to divine Precepts. So Jerem. 3· 22. Retttrn, 0 back::Jliding (h~ldrc~ : Beho!a, We come, for thor1 art the Lord our God. 2. It may be inferred out of the former claure thus : He rejifleth the proud, therefore fubmit your [elves; that is, ,therefore let the Lord have a willing and fpomaneous fubjeCl:ion from you : And then the Note will be, , 461 - The creature mttfl be bumbled either aClively or pa.ffi-z;e!y. Ob{trvat. If you have not an humble he~trt , God hath a mighty hand : 1 Pet.) . 6. Humble your {elves under the mighty hand of God: He will either break the heart, or break the bones: You mull judg your fdves, or elfe God will judg you, 1 Cor. I r. 3 2. God hath made a righteous Law ; uA mull: be judged in one Court or ano– ther, that the Law may not 'feem to be made in'vain. If at thelafi: day, when the Judgment is fet, and the Books are opened, and Gnners {l:and trembling before the white Throne of the Lamb, and you are confcious to the whole Procefs, €hrifr lbould then make you fuch an offer, Iudgyour [elves, a;'d yo~t fha/1 not be judged, with what thankfulnefs would you accept of the motion, and the next work would be to enquire into your own hearts. Oh .confi– der, thus it muft be; we mufl: judg; or oe judged; be humble, or be humbld: 'Twere better to anticipate AUs of Vengeance by AiJs of Duty: Ph;mtoh and Nebr-tchadntz,z..ar were humbled, Dan.4. 34· but to their coil. Paaivt: humiliations· ar~ fore and dead– ly:. 'Twere better that we lbould humble aproudhea~·t, then that God in the threatening ofScripture fhould humble our proud look}, and we fhould feel that which we would not d9 : You· will not judg your felves; ah, bm how terrible willtt be when the Lord cometh to judg us for all our hard fpeeches, and ungodly deeds? lude I)· When Iuftice taketh up the quarrel ofdefjifed'Mercy, . ·cwill be fad for os; and then we lb:tll know the ditftrence between Gods inviting., and·Gods infliiling. But let us now go to the Duty it felf, Sp.bmit your[elves to God: obforvat:. . Obferve, Thofe that Wo~ldfeek..the friend/hip ()fGod, muft fubmit to him. He fpeakethof getting in with God, which·mufi be·in an hnmble way: There is an infinite difl:ance between Gcd and his creatures; we mull come with reverence : Buc we ari not only ~.n n. 3. cre&t...
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