Asarkokaukemma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, opened in a sermon preached…Asarkokaukēma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, open'd in a sermon preached…

3. By flesh is to be understood sometimes creature-confidence; all those fleshly sufficiencies, wherein men do usually place their trust, which in the Original Scripture here quoted by our Apostle, Jer. 29.23. are reduced to three Heads, ⟨p. 8⟩Policy. Power. Riches.

¹Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches, wisdom, strength, abundance of treasure; ²these are the idols which vain man creates to himself to worship, and to which they sacrifice; these are the Sanctuaries, to which men run for shelter and safety in the hour of temptation.

¹Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches, wisdome, strength, abundance of treasure; ²these are the idols which vaine man creates to himselfe to worship, and to which they sacrifice; these are the Sanctuaries, to which men run for shelter and safety in the houre of temptation.

1. 1Jer. 9.23.
2. 2Heb. 16.