CJhe [h urches Carriage. 131 me, as Paul faid>thatphrafe is to be marked which is ufed in Galat~ z. Hee that was mighty by Peter -' · in the Apo{)Iefu ip over the circumcifion, was al– fomighty by me towards -the Gentiles.The-Apo· I ft .ledoth nor fay, that he or Fe er was able to doe I any,thing, but arcnbeth all to theLord. So· thou I tbouldelt think~ with thy felfe, never fay,·' ~ave . done fuch a thmg, or brought fttch a rhmg to paife, or fttch an excellent performance narh come from me, ·but{ay, the J;;ord harh done fucha thing · by me. In mher:things you do it, when you fee an . 1 . infrrm;ne~t well plai~on, you~om~endnonhat; but ·htm that ufeth 1t: that IS the cafe of every I m~n; wee are but-tr.e Lo~-!~S inflruments, he is mtghty by us, wee are but atl:cdby the ·Lord• .If 1 ChriO: be- the-·head, thou muft feeke his g~ory: I this the~ord is jealous ofSacril~ge God will not 1 ,take at the hand ofany tnan,he will not be robd of \. his .tirne, the Sabbath or any thing elfe, but ~fall 1 1 · o~ber he ~an leafi away with t_hi~ theft,_robbing htm of h1s glory,and y-et as that ts·mo!l: 'tender to I him:, fo our fingers aremo~c itching after dt~u. A matt is greedy of applaufe, and if fiee lookeno~ narrqwly to himfelfe,is ready ro rake the glory to 1 h imfel fe that belongs to the Lord. Thou mufi: 1 be the Lord~ glory, but if thou take any to rhy felfe~and ifthou ftand on thy owne bottome, thou art thyow~eglory, and nor his: ·· therefore above all things take heed of being ·deceived and found \ guiltyherin. · But: you will fay, Howmay I come ; to know it?- Fir!T,confider what thy end is mthy 1a.6Hons, whether the demonftration of fame gift -, . God
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