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10 * Humble your ſelves d in the fight of the | Lord e, and he ſhall Tift you up .
d The ſime Duty preſſed again only with reſped& to the more in- ternal part of it, the Debaſement of the Heart, left they ſhould 2it too mich in the outward Exerciſes before-mentioned. They did {i;t un themſelves through Pride and Emulation, and he ſhews tem the beſt way to the trucſt Exaltation, viz. Humility, Matth. 23.12, P;ov. 15.33- and 18. 12. e Sincerely, as in the Preſence ©: the Searcher of Hearts. Ff As to your outward State and Enjoy- ments ſo fir as God ſees good for you ; but however, in Grace here, and Glory hereatter, Dzhe 14. 1.
11 Speak nor evil one of another g, brethren: He thar ſpeaketh evil of his brother, and * Judgeth þ his brother, {peaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the Live 7: but if rhou judge the law, thou art not a do- cr of the law. but a Judge #. ;
7 |'iz. Unleſs in the way of an Ordinance, by Reproof, Admo- nition, &5c. Lev. 5.1. I Cor. 1. IT. and 11. 18. and 2 Cor. II. 13. and 2 Tim. 4. 14, 15. He forbids all Detration, rigid Centuring, and raſh judging the Hearts and Lives of others when Men con- d-mn whatever doth not ſuit with their Notions, or Humours, and make their own Moroſencſs the Rule of ether Men's Manners. h Finds fault with, and condemns him for thoſe things, which the Law doth not condemn in him, or forbid to hum, Rom. 14. 3, 4+ 7 Viz. either, 1. By his praQtifing and approving what the Law con- demns, 2. e. this very Cenforiouſneſs and Detrattion ; or, 2. By
_ condemning that which the Law allows, he condemns the Law for allowing it, taxing it as too ſhort and imperfett. & It thou not oaly judgett thy Brother, and therein invadeſt the Law's Office, (whote part it 1s to judge him) but judgeſt him for what the Law doth not forbid him, and therein judgeſt the Law it felt, as inſuf- ficient, and not ſtrict enough ; Thou doſt caſt off the Law's Go- vernment, difown its Superiority, exempt thy ſelf from any Sub- jetion to it, and make thy ſelf mecrly a Judge of it.
12 There is one law-giver /, who is able to ſave, * Rom.14. and to deſtroy 2 : * Whoarrt thou z thar judgeſt ano- «<0 thcr o ©
1 One Abſolute, Supreme, Univerſal and Spiritual Law-giver, and who can fimply, and direQtly bind Mens Conſctences, and make Laws for their Souls, Prov. 3.15, 16g Iſa. 33. 22. Atts 4. 19. By this he intimates, that they d1d invade God's Right, who took upon them a Legitlative Power in preſcribing to other Mens Conſciences, and making their own Will the Rule of the others Duty. m Both remporally and eternally, Deut. 32. 39. I Sam.2.6. and Ta. 43.13. vhereas other Law-givers cannot fave or deſtroy Mens Souls, nor fo much as their Lives, without God's concurrence, n What a ſorry Creature, a Man, a Worm, that thou ſhouldſt lift up thy ſelf into God's Place, and make thy ſelf a Judge of One not ſubje& to thee? 0 The Servant of another Maſter, Rom. 14. 4+ It 1s a fond thin for thee to take upon thee the Power of a Judge, when thou ha no Power of ſaving or deſtroying, rewarding or puniſhing,
13 * Goto p now, ye that ſay 9, Today, or to morrow 7 we will go into ſuch a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and ſell, and get gain £.
p Either this is a Note of Tranſition, or of Command to Inferi- ors, or rather of Admonition to ſuch as are ſtupid or raſh, and tends ro the awakening theirAttention,and ſtirring them up to theContide- ration of their Duty, Þanger, gc. 9g Either with your Mouths, or in your Hearts, #7 Nor let us go, but we will go, in the Indica- tive Mood ; aoting the Peremptorineſs of their Purpoſes, and their preſuming upon future times, and things, which were not in their Power. $s He doth not condemn Merchants travelling into other Countries, nor trading there, nor deſigning Gain by their Trade, nor forccaſting their Buſineſs, but their promifing themſelves the continuance of their Life, the accompliſhing their Deſigns, and the ſucceſs of their Labours, without reſpe&t to God's Providence and DireQion, as if their Times, and their Works were in their own Hands, not in his.
7 + Whereas ye know not what /ha// be on the mor- i Or. f, 34 OW 7 : or what 7zs your lifez? || it * is even a va- -,2-* pour x that appeareth for a little time and then va- nitheth away.
t Whether ye your ſelves ſhall continue till then, or what elſe ſhall then be, or not be. In vain do ve boaſt of whole Years, when ye cannot command the Events of one Day. u This Queſtion im- plies Contempt, as 1 Sam. 25. 10. Pſal. 144. 3, 4. x Like a Va- pour, . frail, uncertain, and of ſhort continuance, and then how vain are thoſe Counſels and Purpoſes that are built upon no more ſure a Foundation, tian your own lives ?
15 For thatye ozght to ſay y, * If the Lord will >, we ihall live @, and do this, or that.