238 whethef'Jv e behumbleas Chrifl. A triall I 1. Chri fis humble mind makes :~;r~~; . him f}c(l_~ l?wly of. himfelfe, hnmbie of : and l:ali htmfelfe ordmar1ly the mindc as {owle of man, beiqg the Sonne of Chrifi. God. · But how doe wee boaft I· our fclves, that every -man !hall k ilOW what wee are, if w.ee .bee borne of a little higher fl:ocke than ordinary , if wee have a little more knowledge~ or '"'"ealth, or honour, or frie1ds, than other men ? Ahs , what would \vee doe if wee had Dei~ tie and heavenly glory to fiand upon? Chrift might h~v·e fl:ood on his royall defsent, 0:<1 his high birth,on hjs wealth, beii)g Lord of heaven and earth, and bdre'of all thit!gi;· But he ,emptied him· felfe, anp ' broughtd;imfelfe alrnofl: to nothing : that his example might pJucke downe our top-fai1es, and . \ve.e learne to decke our felves with low lindfe -_Gfrpl~J)pe_,., . :;' • ~: · . '2. C.brlfis humilitie made him. be11rt · .. -
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