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…

Now such is all humane excellency, it is fading and vanishing, Prov. 23.5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon which is not: it is so vain that it deserves not the name of a being, it is not; a mere none entity, call it any thing, and you call it too much; yea, it is not ordinary flesh only, that is thus empty and airy, but flesh in its glory. Chasdo; One of the Jewish Masters observes, the word is used for any excellency or eminency of perfection; so that the best of that which is called flesh, and take that best in its prime, in its glory, the best at the best; and it is but grass, a flower, an empty airy nothing.

Now such is all humane excellency, it is fading and vanishing, Prov. 23.5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon which is not: it is so vaine that it deserves not the name of a being, it is not; a meer none entitie, call it any thing, and you call it too much; yea, it is not ordinary flesh only, that is thus empty and aiery, but flesh in its glory. Chasdo; One of the Jewish Masters observes, the word is used for any excellency or eminency of porfection; so that the best of that which is called flesh, and take that best in its prime, in its glory, the best at the best; and it is but grasse, a flower, an empty aiery nothing.

A parallel place is that, Ps. 39.5.

Verily, every man at his best ⟨p. 20⟩estate is altogether vanity. Selah. Man, the glory of the Creation, Gods Master-piece, it is the Prophet speaks of; and not only some men, men of inferior quality, but Col-Adam, omnis homo, every man; and not every man at sometimes, but take the best man in his best estate,