454 'Chap.. c.4Commenurie vport 4 thisWorld hath blinded theireies , and makes them that they cannot fee the. right way wherein they fhouldwalke, i. Cór. o 44- Againe,welearne from hence,a true arid a pregnant fiene, whereby to difcerue ,, whether any man hath inhis heart t6 fpirit of G od or no ? The life ofa manwill dircouer and pro- 5 chime to all theworld,before God,men,and angels,vvhat him-, felfe is. Ifa man in the courfe of hislife and callingbe godly and vertuous,leading his lifeaccording to thewill &wordofGod,' in anhoneft andcareful! indeauour , though he faile in fame I m particulars:what euer the world thinkes of him, he is theman that is induedwith theSpirit ofGod. Laftly,this teacheth, what is the officeofall Chriftianpeo- ple,namely,towake. in the Spirit, that is, to frame and order the whole courfe and tenour oftheir hues, according to the line 8c' T, i fquare ofGods word andSpirit.Amotiue towhich dutie mavl 1 be that fearefull threat pronounced vpon tilde, that turne a tfide,and walke in their owne crookedwaies.Pfal. t 25.5. 2, 6. Let vs not be defirous of vaine-glorie > b prouokin(r one ano, ther 3 enuyingone another. Thefcope. From this 26.verfe,to the 1 r .verle cfthedap. 15 ter following, S. Paul handles the fecondRule, which he had ,propounded in the i 3.verfe ofthis chapter : By loneJerrieone another.In the handling whereof, he firfl laboured] to take á- way the impediments ofLouc:and then he letsdowne the Wi- ner, how the -rule is tobe obfcrued. This 26. verle is a rule,the 30 endewhereoCis to remooue the impediments of loue. In this verfe foure points arc erpecially to be confidered. Firft,whatthe de fire ofvaine. glorie is? Ariftv.ltis a branch (Sf pride,which makesmen to reterre allthey haue,or can doe,to 'their owneprivate glorie,and aduancement. For better vncier- 35 ttandingwhereof, confider a little the excufesthat menhaue, for the defence,or excufeofthis finne. I. Excufe. Vaine-glorie in effeet is no more , but the fee- king °finals approbatíon,whichmay lawfully bedone./infw. To feekc the approbatieiofmen,is no fault,fo that it be fought 412
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