• V p R I G H T N E s. ' . Another man whofe heartis not found., howfo– ever he may exalt God in many things, he may exalt-him·in many Commandements, he may feemero feekc him, and tofeekehi~ diligently, · -yet he cloth aHin fuch a manner, that he may exalt himfelfe,and his own ends,aboue theLrn-dr youfl1all beH.fee it in particulars. · · The Pharifees did many good workes, (faith Inftancesor the Text\ 1 the.. didthem.to be leent ofmen: that is men exalting · J r. J• t hem(elucs. they had an eye to them1elues, that themfelncs might be exalted in what they did, that they might be feene,that they ·might beheard:And fo Jehu, though hewere.imployed in an·honou- ;rable fervice,and he did itdiligently, which was • ~o avengethe.quarrell:of Godagainll: the houfe of Ahab, and fo did ·it, that he went through ; with his worke,yet he had aneyeupon himfelf~ all the while: Comeandfee,(W.ith he) my zealefor ' the Lordofhofls>&c. asifhe ihould f~y, indeed : I do all this for· Ged; but he fetretlyintimates in his fpeech;before he was aware,thatit was the appearanceand preheminence ofhimfelfe that . he might haue the praife of the zeale and dili– gence that he 1hewed in the worke, he exalted himfelfe. ' Looke1:1ponthe Saints now, at;td you ihall fee ~rmen exal· a quite contrary difpofition. ..John Bttptift takes tmg God. this ,refolution to himfelfe, -faithhe,Jet me even decreafe, that is my condition, I am conte.nt to do lo, and le.tieftUChrift increafe; fo he be exalted and hQnoured,I am contentto decreafe, I am content -to wither .in my hono·ur and / Y 3 repu-
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