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The faithfull are not puffed vp with pride in respect of Gods graces, but rather hang downe their heades in respect of their owne infirmi∣ties, ascribing to God the glory of all good things.
IF when wee haue done all that is commanded vs, we must say that * 1.1 we are vnprofitable servantes, then when we faile more or lesse in all, what iust occasion haue we with the humble Publican to stande aloofe, and to hange downe the heade, and to beate the brest, be∣ing * 1.2 full of confusion in regarde of our ovvne iniquities. Nowe as the faithfull thus cry out shame and confusion against them∣selues, so they ascribe righteousnes to God in all his corrections, and endles mercy in all his blessinges, magnifying and extol∣ing his glory in both. And verely he that seeketh the glory of him * 1.3 that sent him is true, and there is no vnrighteousnes in him. But in * 1.4 Antichrist (saith Austine) there is vnrighteousnes, and hee is not true, because hee will not seeke•…•… he glory of him that sent him. Let vs all then which pertaine to the body of Christ, beware lest we fall into the snares of Antichrist, and let vs not seeke our owne glory. * 1.5 If one cover (saith Chrysostome) a wolfe with a sheepes skinne, how may another know him, but by his voice, or by his action? The sheepe bleateth looking downe▪ ward, the wolfe looketh vpwarde and how∣leth against heaven. He then that vttereth the voice of humility and con∣fession according vnto God, is a sheepe: but hee that howlethout bla∣sphemies against God, and against the truth is a wolfe. Nowe howe the doctrine of the church of Rome teacheth to lay aside the humility of a sheepe, and to take to our selues the pride of the wolfe, to advaunce our selues, and not to giue the glory of all thinges onely to GOD, see before in the preface to the Christian roader.