S12 1.C141), ACommeartarie rtpo» repo,t,we mnfi thine en them, andpretRife them,Phi1,4.8.Yetwe muli feeke for theapprobationormen,with there cautions. Firft, we mull fofeckcfor theapprobation ofinen, as that we donot feekc it,nor ref} in it alone,but withall reek to beap. proouedofGod. For he that praif th himfiffe (avid lo confe- quently,he that is praifed ofothers)isnot approo:ied,6ut he wh e the Lordptetifetb. z. Cor. to. 18. How canye deleeue (faith our Sauiour Chrif})which receitte honour ose ofanother,arad f cbe not the honour that commeth ofGoaldone: loll. e.44. Secondly, wi mull feeke for the approbationofGod in the \ Iß Err} place ; and in the l coed place,to be approoued oftrnen,as Chrif} did : for hegeenei4 faaour firf} with god, andafter with zen. Luk. 2. ï 2. and the Elders,whebyfaith obtained agood re- port.H3ebr. t 1.2.readRom. r 4.18. Thirdly , we mull neuer looke for theapprobation ofthe 15 multitude, or acclamation of the trop} : for that cannot be done without ambition , and vaineglorie, in reeking popular applaufe: Woehetoyost,when0111 senpea,.ewellofyoat. Luk. 6. 26.Thus Chrill faith, Hefotrght notpraifeofsné. For thole that are addiEEted to popular applaufe,and are oucr curious of their 20 credit, immoderately reeking to get and kcepe a goodname with all forts of men , while they fecke for fame they loofe a 1 good name, in pecking fagne from the wicked , which is but a fhadow,and looting a goodname in the opinion of the godly, which is the lubflance. ¡ 25 Fourthly, wemull fä Farefecke for theapprobation ofthe; wicked, that we minif}er , nonot the deaf}occafron of offence ¡ visto them. T. Cor. t o. 3 2. Çiueno o fonce, neither to the Iew,nor to the Ge,stile. but to conuijï their confciences , and to f}oppe their mouths byour godly & vnbiameableconuerfatió, which 30 maybe 3 preparatiue for them againf} the day of their viltati- ort. r .Pet. 2. t 2. H.ttee pareentierfittion honefi amongthe Gentiles,; that they which (oeakeettillofyou,ae ofr trilldoers,rnay 6yyotargood Ì Worker which they 'hallfer, glorifie God in the dayof thevipa- tion. S Fiftly , in doing our duties, we mull not rerpea the iudge- tnent ofthe world,neitherfearing thefaces, nor the cenlures of men. This was Pauls pras`}ife. i . Cor.+ 3. 1pa e verylade to he judgedefyon, or envois iudgerxtent : we [t»31í} goe threnghsea reports andmill report.2.Cor.6.8. 3 Lally, 35
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