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Befi~es th
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is:whhatisthhe. cau[~ tb~a~men fe~ke
2 •.
j
after vame- g ory
,t
at t ey are
tU
JC'-'"
to
envte·~
Seekingpraife \
(t·hejir.it that /i.in us is
fobj
e!f to
envi~)for
every
w;ch men the ,
manenvieth another;becaufe he ddireth vaine-
caufeof it:
glory .too much to himfelfe
·~this
arifeth from
hence, that he reckoneth not
God
to
be
Allfofli·
cient.
Thatis,Ifwe did reckonitenough tohaue
praife with
God
if
we thought
that
hi5
knowledg
ofouruprightnes were fufficier,though n(:)
man
. in
the
world knew it befides,we would be
con~
tentwith that honorthat we haue,which he hath
.allotted
to
us within our own co111paffe, bur, be·
<aufe wethinke him not to be
AUfoffcient,
wee
would hauefomething,likewife,fi·om the Crea
ture,
we
would h:me honor,loue,&refpea from
tnen;which finnearifeth hence, that wee appre–
hend not him to be
AU~(ttfjcient
;fo doth that,
likewife, which .iscontrary toit(forthey are
fins
. ofthe fame naturc&thcy arife both fi·orhe fame
ground )when menarefo fenfibleofi1ume, and
1
h
dd
·r.
,../d 'fi
.,.,
d h'
W1ywe:~re
reproac ,an
agrace,~
1
paragemet, ot lt
lotenfible of
notarife
hence,~hatwerec~omans
day
too much
ret'roach.
and
G~ds
day
too
little~
Wee apprehend not
God
enoughin hisgrearnes;01sthe ApoUlefairh,Irec-
kon not to bee judged
by
mans
day.
As
ifhe ihould
fay.
It
is
but
a
day,it
is
but a time that man harh
to judge:there is another day,the
Lords
day.,that
greatday.Ifamandidapprehcnd thatwhichis .
in
God,ifhedid fee his
cA!l-fo!Jiciency,he
would
not regard to be judged by mans day,aslongas
he were not judged by the
Lord
hee would not
care what his fellow- prifoners thoght ofhim,as
1
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