08 P Chap.6. AConeavemarie upara thinking themfelues without firne: the `Dent f s, that they were a Churchwithout fpot or wrinkle : the lovinianifs,that a man cannot finneafter theLauer of regeneration. ThePeLigi_ ens, that the lifeofa iuft man in this world,hath no finne in it at all : andof later times theSemi-Pei'4pm heretike, who will 5 be fomethin; ofhimfclfe, andwill haue fame 111.0ke in his firfi conuerfìon, 4Y tvil concur with Chrifi in theworke of luflifi. ratio. It will be, raid, Papiflsafcribe all the praife to God. Anf. Sodid the Pharifie,Iuk. a 8. z c.and yet a wicked Iufliciariefor all that. Now all this arifeth from fundrie caufc.: thefirfi is,the to bitter roote ofpride,that was in our firfi parents, whenas they afeaed a higher place , in defiring (throughdifcontment of their owne elate) todeifie themfelues and become equall to the highefi Mlaiefiie, inknowing good andeuill. The fecond is , the ouermuch confidcring thegood things is we haue ; as when thePharifie confidered that he gauc tithe of all that hepofí'effed,, that he fafied twife awecke , that hewas not thus and thus,as other men.Luk. t 8. The third is , thecomparingofour felueswith the infirm'r. tics that we fee to be inothers: the Pharifiewas puffed np, by 20 compariinghirnfelfe withcxtortioners,vniufi men, adulterers, and with the Publican. The fourth is , the falle flattering , and applaufe of men, which tooth vs vp in our humours, in perfwading vs to be that which in truth we are not , as thepeople flatteredHerod, 23 ; theygatae a fhout, and laid , The voiceofgod, andnot of man. Ac1.t2.22. The third point is , that theywhich thus ouerweene their gifts, in thinking theanfelues fornewhat when they are no- thing, doe notably deceive themfelues : as thofe that thinke 3e) theyhaste the fubfiance , when theyhaue but the fhadow, as thole th it dream they are Icings or Princes,being in truth but ' bate perfôs: or tovie the Prophets f,,militude,Efa.29.8.Likeas aa hrrngrieman drear stb & behold he tateth0when he . wakrth hisfolly ri en»ptie a or like a9 a thirtieman dreameth and loe bee': 33 drip ne, andwhenheawaked, beheldhe isfaint, andbasTonle Ion. gab. Men are deceived two waies, either byothers , orby themfelues : by others, as by flatterers, theyare deceived (Kca- 1 ; by themfelues;caufally,or properly. For he thatdote 1Iudgc hinefelfe tobe that which indeed: he is not, he mayhap
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