N&vv CovENANT. 4Zl third H aven,as it were, Whatlollowes upon this f Will he be life up, and puffed up with all this~ Ohno, ifis impoffible: and there fore in the fift place,this accompanies it, there foJlowes an exceedinggreat humility,a man is r~Humility. never fo humble as after he harh received the fpirit ofpromife ~- It is very exceeding cerraine that no men in the World arefo vile in Thebdimcn their owne eyes, as thofe to .whom the Hoiy worft in their Ghcfl bath borne this witndfe.·there isa place ~~:k~;~~;·1• for it,thatpms this out ofall doubt, Ezek.3?· 31.whe11the Lordfaith,hcwi/1powre out hisJji– rit upon 'them, 11ndgivl them a. ~tew ·heart, 11na a newJpirit; then, faithhe, then at that ~ime, whenyouhave received the fpirit ofadoption, and I have mademy Covewtmt with you, then youJhall confider your owne deedes, thAtwue not gfJr'd,andyou pMIIacknowledgeyour[elves worthy · to be d~flroyedjfJr your iniquities 11nd tran[?;re(Ji– ons ; The new ·tranflation, you'fbaU loatb yout: fel'lles , that i$, a man fhall · be exceeding vile in hisowne eyes. Prefumptionalwayespuffes NDte. up aman, it brings him into a better conceit with himfelfe; But · this puts him qtdte out of conceit With himfelfe; the neerer the Lorddrawes roany man, the more rottenneffe he finds in his bones; As, .we fee., when the " Lsrdcame neereunto Ioh,thenht ahhorredhimfelfi indHft andA/bes: Be.caufe the Lordcomes What it is alwayes with a bright light,as the Sunne cloth, that mt~kes that fhewesa maRthe corruptions that bee in goeti mrn h . h h r., b c h h vileinthdr 1m,t at enever1aw erore, t at e wonders . H h 2 . ownecycs, at .
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