An expository comment, doctrinal, controversial, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…An expository comment, doctrinal, controversal, and practical upon the whole first chapter to the…

2. They are humble towards God, and so towards men, Because all they have is from the gift of God, it is he alone that maketh the difference. The Apostle 1 Cor. 4. 7. speaketh enough to keep the best man in the world, though he had the gifts and graces of Angels, low and humble in himself. Who maketh thee to differ from another? And what hast thou that that thou hast not received? 1 Cor. 4. 7. If then all they have cometh solely from Gods gift, he calleth to an office, he also giveth abilities, then they cannot glory in themselves, but walk humbly with God in all things.

3. They are humble under Gods hand, Because they do not add at all to God. He doth not need any mans parts, or gifts, and therefore he passeth by many, and will never make use of them, who yet if God had pleased might have been far more serviceable than thou art. For did not God reject the Angels, who by their intellectual natures and agility thereof, might have done God more service than thou canst do? Yea the ablest man may look upon all the subtle Heretics, all the learned men, that have in all ages been promoters of the Devils Kingdom, and then say, Who hath made me to differ from these?

3. They are humble under Gods hand, Because they do not adde at all to God. He doth not need any mans parts, or gifts, and therefore he passeth by many, and will never make use of them, who yet if God had pleased might have been far more serviceable than thou art. For did not God reject the Angels, who by their intellectual natures and agility thereof, might have done God more service than thou canst do? Yea the ablest man may look upon all the subtil Hereticks, all the learned men, that have in all ages been promoters of the Devils Kingdom, and then say, Who hath made me to differ from these?