200 ? kieJf. Anfir. Pauls Converfion. lefíer foundation will ferve : as in a temporal( building; no wife man will lay a great foundáti- on to a little houle , but will proportion it accor- ding to his building. Secondly,becaufe he feemes to lave Come above others, hee expreffes himfelfe more unto fore then unto others:now where God will expreffe a large meafure of love , there hee will worke a great meafure of godly forrow; as a father loves that childe bell that hee beats moff. Thirdly , becaufe fore have a greater meafure of knowledge then others , fore have received a greater meafure of illumination then others: now there is nothing more forceable to make a man humble, then to be fpiritually inlightned ; fo long as a man or woman doth not come unto the true knowledge of finne, and the excellencies that are in Chrifl and grace, he will never be humbled. The feventh queflion, is this, what is the leaft meafure of humiliation. To this I anfwer, the leaf/ meafure of humilia- tion neceffary, is that which makes a man beleeve Chrifl : viz, makes him to flye unto him, and to prize Chrift above all things : as the Prodigall, he did not at the firft goe unto his father , but bee confidered of it, and when hee fees no way to e- fcape, then he faith,I will goe unto my father; fo a Chriflian that hath the leaft meafure of humilia- tion and godly forrow , it will make him to flye unto Chrifi; the leaft meafure will give him fuch a fight of finne, and fuch a glimpfe of glory , that hee will prize it above all things, it will fhew him that
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