I 34 Th e fltp-erior Excelle7t~y . " infinite gre~tnefs and holinefs ofGod, ,,~e ~~ are moft fully convinced of our own '(, n1eannefs. This will fii1k iJs to the very " bottoni. of our beings, and n1ake us ap– " pear as nothing in our own fight, \vhen '' beheld fron1 fo g.rcat a height." And d1is is really the greatefl: elevation of the foui ; and there is nothing in the world fo noble and excellent a·s the fublimity of .: humblc n1inds. Another objettion againft the excellency of a religious temper, is, That the love of enemies, and pardon of injuries, which it includeth, is utterly inconfifl:ent with the principles of honour. Now, tho' it be highly unreafonable to examine the laws · of our Saviour by fuch rules as this, yet we ihall confider the matter a little. Nor fhall we feek to elude or qualify this pre– cept, as fon1e n1en do by fuch glolfes and cvafi.ons as n1ay {uit with their own prac– tices: nay, we ihall freely profefs, that there is no falvation without the obfervation of it. A tnan had even as well abandon Chriftianity, and renounce his baptifm, as obflinately refufe to obey it. But if we have any value for the judgn1ent of the wifefl: man and a great K~ng, he will tell _ us, that it is the honour of · a man to ·ceaft from
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