456 Chap.s. Comentarsevpete - times will beproud,cuenbecaufc he is not proud. A third point tobe confidered,is,wherevainc-glorie is to be found? Al(: It is no rare matter,for it is a commonvicc,and fpreads it felfe farreand wide. Some there arc, whichneucr lift vpheart nor handvntoGodat home,andyct the fame perlons in the publikeafremblies, wit snake as though they praicdwith î great deuotion. And what is the reafonhereofbut this,that they are carried with a fpirit of pride and arrogancie , feekinbthe commendation of men that behold them , ratherthen to ap prooue their hearts and confciencesvntoGod. Ofarotherfort to arc thofc;that haue beeneold and ancient hearers ofthe word, who notwithflandu:y, doe little , or not at all profit , either in knowledge,or ingood life : and the caufe is not in the Golpe), or in the dtfpenlersof it , but in themfelues : becaufc they re- ceiue not the Golpel for itfelfe, but for the .pralle and con rn . tl dationofmen,and for thecredit &account they are in,by rea- fonof Chriflianprofeffìon. The !aft thing , is the remedie ofpride and vaine-glorie; which is the rather tube thought vpon, becaufc it is a great im- pediment of Chridlian loue. This remedie confìfts partly in 20 sincaritasio s,andpartly inpraE7ire. Remedies inmeditation , are there. t . God refifieth all proud perlons, and glues grace to the humble. i .Pct. 5.5. the reafon is,becaufe the vain-glorious man,lecking htmfelfcandnot god, robbes God of hishonour. Thusthe proud Phariue exalting ny hitnfclfeabone thepoore Publican , went away leire iudlifled, that is,not approoued ofGod,as the Publican was. z. It is the worke of the dcuill, to puffe vp the traind with felfc-liking, and conceit, that therebyhe mayworkemans-perdition. Gen.3. S. But Godworketh contrarily:forhethereforeabafcthmen,that 30 he might in his good timc,the more exalt them. 3. There is no religion in that heart, that is wholly bent to leeks thepraife ofmen.Ioh.5.44. And the man that delires to bctalkedof, and admired byothcrs,doeth thereby ineffeft glue notice veto all theworld,that his heart is not found in the fight ofGod. 35 Itetnediesconffling inprat-fife. , are : firdl, an indeauour to acknowled baf ge the reat M.aicflieofGod , andwithal! our own eneíre , and vilenefre before him. 2. We ought to aferibe -all good things wehaue,or candec,to God alone,and nothing to our feltnes.Eor in all that befall vs , God is the principal]
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