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Jacobs thankfulness to God, for Gods goodness to Jacob A meditation on Genesis 32.…Iacobs thankfulnesse to God, for Gods goodnesse to Iacob A meditation on Genesis 32.…
Jacobs thankfulness to God, for Gods goodness to Jacob A meditation on Genesis 32. 10. Wherein by the way also the popish doctrine of mans merit is discussed. By Thomas Gataker, B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.Iacobs thankfulnesse to God, for Gods goodnesse to Iacob A meditation on Genesis 32. 10. VVherein by the way also the popish doctrine of mans merite is discussed. By Thomas Gataker, B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by John Haviland for Fulke Clifton, 1624London: printed by Iohn Haviland for Fulke Clifton, 1624
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Such should remember that uWhere the true fear of God is, Pride is not: and consequently, that where such pride is, there is a great want of sincerity. And consider withal, that as there is xno Virtue more acceptable and well-pleasing to God than Humility: so there is yno Vice in Gods sight more abominable than Pride. It is a strange thing, saith Augustine, entreating of ⟨p. 23⟩those words of the Psalmist, aThough the Lord be on high himself, yet beholdeth be the lowly: as for the proud and haughty, he knoweth them afar off. bIt is a strange thing, saith he, and yet as true as it is strange: God he sitteth aloft himself in heaven: and yet the higher a man lifteth himself, the further he is from him; the lower a man stoopeth, the nearer he is to him. We have a very pregnant instance of it in the Pharisee and the Publican, by our Saviour propounded. cThe proud Pharisee pressed as near God as he could: the poor Publican, not daring so to do, stood aloof off. And dyet was God far from the proud Pharisee, but near to the poor Publican. eThe latter went away justified rather than the former. For fthe Lord is near unto all those that be of a contrite heart: And ghe will dwell with him that is of an humble spirit. h