-. The Lord is mercifnll to the humble.. 11 ~ z chron. 11. God promifed he would not bring the evill in his days : and the beft of Gods children when they have not humbled themfelves, he hath withdrawne bJ.is favour from them, as he would not . look on David,till he had humbled himfelfe. All the world cannot keep an hHmble man down,nor all the props_ in the worldcannot keepe a proudmanup. And what ·are the rea[ons whyGod refp·ecreth humble men fo ~ An humble man giveth God all the glory, and Rea(. 1 . him th11t honoureth mee (faith God) I wiUhon1ur. Now an humble man cloth as /oav·did. I111lJ would not take the viCi:ory tohimfelfe, but fent for David; ' and it ·was the deepeft policy that ever lo~~ ufed: and fo the Apofl:les, Afls 3• know that le{m hath mt~de thu r»lllf whole : and it is the humble mans wifedome, in all a6tions not to fee themfelvesup, but to.C1y, no matter how I be regarded, fo God be glorified ; and God will honour fuch : therefore Chrift in his prayer makes this aground of being gloriftul by God, John 17. I have glorifiedt~ee on earth; mwfather glorije me. And fo God will deale with his Saintsina proportion. Humility keepes a man within his owne corn. · Re4f. 2. ;~ palfe ; but pride lifts a man up above hispropor· tion, it puts all ont of joynt and breeds diforder,and that bringeth deftruCi:ion ; and therefore humility was defined by fome of the Ancients to bee that w~ich out of the}(nowledge of G o n apd amans [elfe keepes a man to his own~- bott()tne. Tha·t ~hereas a proud ma.nlifcs up ,-himfelfe above his meafure,~as amember inthe bodythat [wells,takes t .. I . _ l}p -·
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