1he Mountain offat th?ng.r,d1fcovered. 3 from the devouringfled; he thought bimf lfe to be wonder- full in working, and glorying in his own'devices,in his own Efa,28. i 5 religion, in his own forms , and thereby thought this Tow- er would fccure him, no deluge could reach him, he was a- bove all danger ; as Paul, he was marching on confidently and boldly in his own uprightneffe, and thought he atted all things accordin to the rule ; Now in the height of all his Aas 9. & pride and confidence, Jefas Chrift brings him down, [mites ch. 26- 9. him from his hoi fe,he had built a city (as it were) and called Plal. 49. .it by his own name,niagnificd his own ffri&neffe, his own hc- a i' lineffe, and laid as Nebuchadnezzar, Is not this great Babel Dan.4.3o. that I bane builded ? Now the foule feting all this to be a lye,to be confüficn, and a deceit, and a delufion, and all turnedby Tefus Chriil into mine and confufion in his own Matth24. foule, andnot ajione left upon a f one which is not thrown down; 2. this the foule comes to fee is alone the work of Chria; that he bath made, of a glorious 'city an heap, and of a defenced Efai.2$.2 City a ruinousplace offit-angers : and this to be no City and (hall never be built againe : when once Jefas Chrift pulls down Babel in us, it (hall never be built againe : He bath laid it allfiat to the ground. All ofmans Petting up mutt be utterly ruined : no part ofthat building let up upon the ruins ofmans power, w.iídome, ftrength, parts, will Chrift make any ufe of for his kingdome, but all muff be ruined, Luke 21. laid flat to the ground, and hewill not leave a 'tone upon a 6. f one.The work ofChrift is an overthrowing, overturning, over- E7ek. 2r. 2. turning work the work ofChrift is to fay,flrip,andundo men: to (trip them of all conceit of themfelves to lay them flat to the earth, to equal and level themwith the worfi of men. The work ofthe Devil is to build upman in his own wifdotn, inhis own (trength, to make him fomething to cry peace peace tò him, when there is nopeace ; to put wrath Jer. 6.14. far away, and to tell himhe is thus and thus, he bath filch love andcharity, andmeekneffe,and conformity to the will Matth.i6. of Chi At, and therefore fear not, none of all thole things fhall 22. happen to thee: When indeed this is nothing but the work and wifedon.e of the Devil in man : to make Efai. 28, himfecure, andput the evil day far from him and thereby i 5 B 2 bath
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