An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Secondly, Note; Man doth not see the falseness and faultiness of his own work, till God showeth it him.

Secondly, Note; Man doth not see the falseness and faultiness of his own work, till God sheweth it him.

There may be many cracks and flaws in our good works, which we perceive not, we are ready to think and say, All's well, we have done very well, until God lets us see our work in his light, in the light of his Word and Spirit; and then we shall see cause to be humbled for those works which we were proud of, and sometimes boasted in. The Prophet (Haggai 1.5.) called the Jews to consider their ways; they saw their ways, but they considered not their ways, and therefore they saw not the evil and error of their ways. As we see many of the works of God, yet see not the excellency or admirable contrivance of them, till himself showeth it; so we see many of our own works, yet we see not the sinfulness, vanity, and folly that is in them, till God show it unto us; he maketh us see our work as it is.

There may be many cracks and flaws in our good works, which we perceive not, we are ready to think and say, All's well, we have done very well, until God lets us see our work in his light, in the light of his Word and Spirit; and then we shall see cause to be humbled for those works which we were proud of, and sometimes boasted in. The Prophet (Haggai 1.5.) called the Jews to consider their ways; they saw their wayes, but they considered not their wayes, and therefore they saw not the evil and error of their wayes. As we see many of the works of God, yet see not the excellency or admirable contrivance of them, till himself sheweth it; so we see many of our own works, yet we see not the sinfulnesse, vanity, and folly that is in them, till God shew it unto us; he maketh us see our work as it is.