upon the Epiflle of JAM B s. VE ·R s.. Io. }ob41.. 6. Mine eye .feeth thee, therefore I abhor my felf in duft and afhes. ·When he had aglorious Apparition ofGod , he vani th – ed into nothing in his own thoughts. The fiars vanifh whe11 the Sun arifech; and our poor candle is flighted into a difappearance, when the Glory of God ariferh in our thoughts. We fee our \vants inGodsfu!nefs; the Ocean maketh us albamed of our own drop: And we fee our vilenefs in Gods Majefiy: What's the ballance dufi eo aMountain? and our Wick!dnefs in Gods Holinefs? Eli– jab wrapt his face in amantle when Gods Glory paffed before him, I King.19. q. So Jf aiah cryech our, I am undone, I am tmdone, a man of polluted lip1, when God lhewed him his Glory, l/ai.6.5. Upon any Apparition of God to the faithful they were filled with a fea~, becaufe of their o~n weakpefs and corruption. Wdl then, it diretleth us how to be bumble in our addrelll:s to God; get as large and comprehenfive thoughts of'bim as yon can; fee his G/ory, ifyou would know your -own b~fenefs : Men are flight in duties, becaufe they have low thoughts of'God : They offere-d the Lord a corrHpt thing, becau(e they did not confider he was agreat King, Mal. I .I4· The Elders that faw God in his Glory,fdl donm upon theirfacn, Rev.6. ANd he .fba/1 lift you up.] What cloth this Fromife imply? I anfwer-, ·ris meant ofany kind of happinefs and felicity : Either de– liverance out of trouble; The Lora heareth the defirei ofthe hum– hle,liflll.to.I7· Advancement in the world to honour, or any out– ward dignity; Prov.z9.~3. A m~mpridefhall bring him low, but ho»our foal/ uphold the humble inJPirit :Though places of advance– ment be flippery,yet the humble lhall be continued and upheld. So for advancement in grace or glory; M~t. I 8.4. Whofoever fha/l humble himfelf M a little child, · the fame jhtJlt be greateft in the Kingdom ofHeaven; that is, have mofi gr:.tce and glory. Learn hence, . That fubmiffion and humilit] i& the true Way to exAltation. ,Tis Obfervat. often repeated in the Gofpel, He th11t humbleth himfelf fha/1 be tXIllted, and he thai exalteth bimfolffhali /Je abafed; fee Luk. I 4· I I.Mo~~t.z3. I 2. We areall by nature proud,and would be exalted; the 'W.:t] to rife i& to fall: God gave us a pattern of it in Jefus Chrill: Fidl: he emptitd himfelf, and hnm/Jledhim{elf to the death ofthe Crofs; Wherefore God h11th highiJ ex~tlted him, ;md given him aNamt abov~ alt 1111m~~;_, Phi/, 2. 5, 6 1 7, S,~. Well then, R rr would
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