. ,...- . . . ·. CHAp •4• . upo, thi Epiflle of J A M I ·s• Ylll\ S.l ~}. P.rr~er: Jfai.z7·'5· T~tk.._e holdof hisftrmgth,. lfndyrm tn4) m4f?.! peace.With him: By bumble fupplications you may pre'llail With God M l'rinces. who a~t thou that judgefl another?] That is, what adi!lance is there betwee·n thee and God? what aforry Judg to him t You have the fame quefiion, Rom. I 4· 4· ·ns good to (hame pride with ob{crvat. the co4deration OfGod.r Glory, awd our own bafenefs, He 1?.able to - fave tmd to deftrtJ]; but Who art thou ?&c. Verfe I 3· Go to ntJwye thatfay, To dPZ_1 or to morrowWe Will go into (ucb a City, and co111tmue there ayear, and b11y P:'lldjell, andget gain. Having formerly fpoken againfi thofe that conterrned the Law, he now fpeaketh againl1 thofe that contemnedProvidence, promi– fing themfelves,a long time in the world, and an happy accomplifh· ment of their carnal projects, without any fenfe or thought ot their own frtlilty, or thejudden firok.fs of God: In this Verfe he dGth as it were perfonate them, and give a rnofi accurate Reprefemation of their thoughts. G(} to now J ;.'}'£ vU'v • the Vulgar readetb Eccc, as if it were1h, fee now, do)oH do rightly ? But we_re:nd~r it bette~. •Tis a phr_afe 0 .1 that provoketh them to confideratton, as awakenmg theattentton l/fud t~.'}'.! - of Confcience; or o as citin~ them before the prefence ~nd Tri.bunal :~ti~~~=; 1~;; ()fGod : The fame adverb ts ufed Chap.5. 1. From this openmg of bmu;l Dei; foe the word obferve, . non nems in lv· That if'We Would k_now the evil ofour aflions, 'ti.r good to ufe' cum. reviews,11ndrefle8ing thought.r. We fin, and go on in fin, beca1.1fe Ob[ervat. ofincogitapcy: There tbould be Wife conjidert~tion afore-hand to prevent the fin, and faithful recolleElion to prevent the going qn in 6n. ·Godcomplaineth, !er.K6. No manfaith,What have1done f This RecolleCl:ion citeth the Soul before three Bars; 1. Confciencc~ z. Gods Eye, -2nd 3o· Gods Tbrone or tribunal. It rouzeth up the ltght of Confcience by comparing the action or fpeech with aprin:. ciple of ~eafon, or theWord, as in the prefent cafe,thus: Am !Lord offuture events, that I do fo confidently determine or define them ? Do hofe things hang on my will? Is my life or actions in mine own power? It draweth the Soul into the prefence of God thus; Would I have tbe jealous God, that difpofech ofhumane events and Sf f 2 fuccdfes
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