The crucifying of the world

Are they godly men that admire you and speak well of you? yet Glory not in it as any certain Evidence of your felicity. They speak as they think, and may easily be deceived. They are not your Judges. As their hard thoughts cannot condemn you, so their good thoughts or words cannot ⟨p. 251⟩justify you with God. Oh Glory rather in Gods approbation, who knows your heart; to whose judgement it is that you stand or fall, who judgeth not by outward appearance, but in righteousness. If he say, Well done good and faithful servant: his words will be life to you: but a thousand others may say so, and do you no good at all, but hurt.

Are they godly men that admire you and speak well of you? yet Glory not in it as any certain Evidence of your felicity. They speak as they think, and may easily be deceived. They are not your Judges. As their hard thoughts cannot condemn you, so their good thoughts or words cannot ⟨p. 251⟩justifie you with God. Oh Glory rather in Gods approbation, who knows your heart; to whose judgement it is that you stand or fall, who judgeth not by outward appearance, but in righteousness. If he say, Well done good and faithfull servant: his words will be life to you: but a thousand others may say so, and do you no good at all, but hurt.

11. Are you famous for Learning? and have you great parts in knowledge and utterance? Glory not in it as any of your felicity, or evidence thereof. There are learneder men then you in hell: the greatest knowledge of common things hath much sorrow and showeth you so much of your ignorance, and what is yet beyond your reach, that it disquiets you the more. Much more may you Glory that you know Christ Crucified, and that you know your interest in the Love of God; and can Love him whom you know: without which all your knowledge would make you but as sounding brass, or a tinkling Cymbal. Of all these together, I may say, Jer. 9. 23, 24