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27. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at Meat, or he that serveth? Is not he, that sits at Meat? But I am among you, as one that serveth.
HOW beautiful is Humility! The Son of God himself is enamoured with it, tho' his business was to Command, not serve, yet he chuses to serve, rather than to exercise Authority! How unlike thy Saviour hast thou been, O my Soul! How Proud! How Self-conceited! How apt to prefer thy self before others! And how apt to think better of thy self than others! How apt to despise mean services in the Church of God! and how loth to be employed in things that make for God's Glory; merely because thou hast been afraid they would blemish thy credit and reputation in the World! How loth hast thou been to visit thy poor Neighbor, or to dress his Wounds, or to tend him, when destitute of Friends or Kindred! What a disparagement hast thou thought it to pay respect to thine Inferiors! and how hast thou chosen the Upper Rooms at Feasts, and other Meetings, and loved the praise of Men more than the praise of God!