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…

1. They be none of our own; we may say of them, as the young Prophet of his axes head, Alas Master, for it is borrowed, 2 Kings 6.5. It is the levelling question, wherewith the Apostle layeth the highest mountains even with the lowest valleys. Quis te discrevit? Who made thee differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received? ¹this is the blast of vain-glory, that which thou boastest of is none of thine own; and ⟨p. 34⟩if thou didst receive, why doest thou glory? glorying is not for borrowers, but for owners; He only that is the spring and fountain of his own excellency, may justly glory; to glory of borrowed perfections, is as if a man should boast, he were more in debt then others: while we receive the gift from God, we should ascribe the glory to God; so that in glorying in what we receive, we rob God of his honour, and add sacrilege to our unthankfulness.

1. They be none of our own; we may say of them, as the young Prophet of his axes head, Alas Master, for it is borrowed, 2 Kings 6.5. It is the levelling question, wherewith the Apohle layeth the highest mountaines even with the lowest valleys. Quis te discrevit? Who made thee differ? and what hast thou that thou hast not received? ¹this is the blast of vain-glory, that which thou boastest of is none of thine own; and ⟨p. 34⟩if thou didst receive, why doest thou glory? glorying is not for borrowers, but for owners; He only that is the spring and fountain of his own excellency, may justly glory; to glory of borrowed perfections, is as if a man should boast, he were more in debt then others: while we receive the gift from God, we should ascribe the glory to God; so that in glorying in what we receive, we rob God of his honour, and adde sacriledge to our unthankfulnesse.

1. 1