ek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my
yoke is easy, and my burden is light." Matt. xx. 27, 28, "And whosoever
will be chief among you, let him be your servant. Even as the Son of man
came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a
ransom for many." Might not that sound always in our ears, the servant is
not above his lord, the "Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to
minister?" O whose spirit would not that compose? What apprehension of
wrong would it not compensate? What flame of contention about worth and
respect would it not quench? What noise of tumultuous passions would it
not silence? Therefore, the apostle of the Gentiles prescribes this
medicine, (Phil. ii. 5-8) "Let this mind be in you, which was also in
Christ Jesus who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be
equal with God, but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the
form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men, and being found in
fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross." If he did humble himself out of charity, who was
so high, how should we humble ourselves, both out of charity and
necessity, who are so low! If we knew ourselves, it were no strange thing
that we were humble, the evidence of truth would extort it from us. But
here is the wonder, that he who knew himself to be equal to God, should
notwithstanding become lower than men, that the Lord of all should become
the servant of all, and the King of glory make himself of no reputation!
That he pleased to come down lowest, who knew himself to be the highest of
all, no necessity could persuade it, but charity and love hath done it.
Now, then, how monstrous and ugly a thing must pride be after this! That
the dust should raise itself, and a worm swell, that wretched, miserable
man should be proud, when it please the glorious God to be humble, that
absolute necessity shall not constrain to this, that simple love persuaded
him to! How doth this heighten and elevate humility, that such an one
gives out himself, not only as the teacher, but as the pattern of it.
"Learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest
unto your souls."

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