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7 Lastly, infer, that if God spared not the Angels, so near to his own Per•••; (a thing which the very children of God tremble to think) how much less •ll he spare dust and ashes?^d He put no trust in his Angels, how much less on them ••t dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust? What is the manliest prow•• on earth, when the loins be girded up with strength, and decked in the greatest •••ry, to encounter with the fortitude of God?^e The Lion hath roared, who will not ••re? The Lord hath thundered from heaven, in casting down Angels to hell; ••ll not flesh and blood quake for fear? The Scripture as well acquainted with […] pride of mans nature, hangs talents of lead at the heels to keep it down. The […] Psalm, which is a circular Psalm, ending as it began; O Lord our Governor, […] excellent is thy Name in all the world! that whithersoever we turn our eyes, we •••y see our selves beset with his glory round about. How doth the Prophet dis••ntenance man, by his disdainful interrogation; What is man? Then still as the •••lmes go in order, they grow in strength to deject the haughtiness of man.^f A•• Lord, let not man prevail: let the Nations know themselves to be but men. We are •••n, and the sons of men, not the generation of Angels; to show our descent. ••en in our knowledge, gross and dull brained; not quick, free, subtle, and celesti••• spirits: the conscience of our own infirmity doth convince us. Men of the ••th, not of the air, fire, Stars, Sun, Heavens; much less of the substance of gels; but earth is the matter whereof we are framed. The disgrace is yet dee,