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PARTITION II.
Of HUMILITY Of Submission to Gods Wil, in respect of Obe••ience of Patience in all sorts of sufferings; and of HONOUR ••ue to God in several wayes in his House, Possessions, His Day, Word, Sacraments, &c.
§ 1. A Sixth duty to God is humility, that is, such a sense of our own meanness, and his excellency, as may work in us a lowly and un∣feigned submission to him; This submission is twofold, First to his will, Secondly to his Wis∣dom.
2. The submission to his will is also of two sorts, the submission either of obedience, or pa∣tience. That of obedience, is our ready yield∣ing our selves up to do his will, so that when God hath by his command made known to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 what his pleasure is, cheerfully, and readily to set about it. To enable us to this, humility is exceeding necessary, for a proud person is of all others the unaptest to obey, and we see men never pay an obedience but where they ac∣knowledg