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Be mercyfull to me a sinner.
CONSIDER, the contrarie effects of the farre contrarie proceedings of the proude Pharisie and humble Publican. The Pharisie came with his hart full swolne with proud iustice, and returned with his hands emptie. The publican came loaden with humble iniustice; and an emptie hart, and he returnes with his hands full, and is iustified. The Pharisie preaches his owne
iustice, innocencie, and vertues, and yet returnes humbled. The Publican, is so farre from pretending iustice, innocencie or vertue, that he pleads onely his pouer∣tie and sinfulnesse, and relyes wholy on Gods mercy, and he returnes home exal∣ted.
[Affection.] Let vs, my soule, haue as high conceipts as we will of our owne ad∣uancement in vertue, and good actions, pride will neuer preuayle with God; nay it will insensibly leade vs into confusion: God alwayes disperses the proude in the conceipt of his hart: and exaltes the humble: Those, he sends away with emptie handes: these he replenishes with good thinges. For loe the poore vnderualued, despised Publi∣can, who found none of his owne iusti∣ce, but his true pouertie and miserie to pleade his cause, returnes iustified: while the Pharisie is sent away with confusion.