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of ourselves & condemn ourselves before
the Lord. The very thinking of the after
reckonings we must come to, when we
have done our work, will make us take
heed how we do it.
a third mean is true humiliation of spirit
For where this is, there must needs be t
denial of ourselves. And where there is
true denial of ourselves, there is not hy
:pocrisy; which testifyeth a a man even
in seeking God, to seek himself, & in
preaching Christ to preach himself.
And therefore the Apostle opposing op
:posing his own sincere to to others de-
ceifful preaching, saith, we preach
not ourselves, but the Lord Jesus.
This is the ground of all unsoundness
in religion, this want of humbling
& denying ourselves. For hence it is
that we are so carryed & swayed, even
in our best actions, with the respect of
our own praise & profit. Therefore
{Saint} Luke notes that the wise builder
that is, the sincere Christian, digs deep
namely in deep humilation of his
own Soul; whereas the foolish builder
that is, the hypocrite, builds without
foundation , that is, enter upon the
profession of religion without ever
being truely humbled & cast down for h
EN