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ing of God, a preferring of Man before him,letting a greater price and esteem upon thepraise and commendation of Men, than thepraise and approbation of God, John 12.43.God fees the iecretest Actions, yea, the moltretired thoughts. They tliat believe this,. and yet make bold to do in his presence,1 what the fear of Man’s Eye would restrainthem from, it is clear that they reverenceMan more than God, a poor frail, impotentCreature like themselves, more than themost pure and ever blessed Creator. Nay,let the Temptation to any fin be never lostrong, and the natural inclination never sovehement, if the knowledge and conscienceof Men be a motive and consideration pow-erful enough to enable us to resist and repelthem., had we but as firm a belief of thepresence and inspection of God, and as greata reverence and dread of him, Why shouldnot these have the same influence and effectupon us i Let us then avoid the hypocrisie! of desiring to be thought better than we are,! by endeavouring to our utmost to be as goodI as we would be thought to be, and it pofli-| bio, better. So shall wesatisfie.ourselves.thatj we seek the praise of God, more than thej praise of Men.

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