Pcov,o{.IJ. r.!n matter of profit, heart is in this, when one prefers himfelfe be– foreGod: itisafurerule, and it i~ practifed by all the Saints, which yotduve, Pjal.138. I3· Thy Name oLord, (faith the Prophet there)is onely to be exalted. The meaning is this, when · a manhath any bulineifeto do, when hehath any deligne or project in his thoughts, he is not to thinke how he fhall advance himfelfe, or any end of his owne, but (faith he) 0 /Lord thy Nameonely,rhy Nameonelyisto be exal– ted. Such an expreffion you fhaii finde, Prov. 4.8. [peaking of wifedome and defcribing the figcerity of theit hearts that fought it; it is ex– preffed by this phrafe, Exalt her, and foee fha!l exalt thee : that is,Iooke not to thy felfe, to the way that thineown heart fhall fugge£1: to thee; hue what ·way wifedo.me and godlineffe fhall · propound, exalt and prefer thofe wayes before thine own, and let wifdome alone for exalting ofthee,takethou no care for that, exalt her: And it is a phrafefrequently ufedin the Scrip– tures, that Godis to be exalted, to 'be lift up: themeaning of itis this; as when a man takes ·another and fets him upon his fl1oulders, that he onely might be preeminent, that he onely might appeare, an~ be expofed to vie-w, .and fu:imfelfe fiand in the crowd, and not pe feene; [o when aman exaltsGodin all his wayes) that he may haue advancement, and honour, and . preheminence, though himfelfe appeare to be no body; this is to exalt God, and this is the propereffcdoffincerity and integrity of hearr; · Anmhff :
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