The souls humiliationThe soules humiliation

Reason. 1 First, the glory of his power is marvellously magnified, in that the Lord shows that he is able to pull down the proudest heart, and to lay low the haughtiest spirit under heaven, and those that have out-braved the God of heaven, and been opposite to him, and despised the glory of his name. For herein is the glory of his name greatly exalted, that he makes a poor wretch to come, and creep and crawl before him, and beg for mercy at his hands, and to be at his dispose.

Reason. 1 First, the glory of his power is mervailously magnified, in that the Lord shewes that hee is able to pull downe the proudest heart, and to lay low the haughtiest spirit under heaven, and those that have out-braved the God of heaven, and beene opposite to him, and despised the glory of his name. For herein is the glory of his name greatly exalted, that hee makes a poore wretch to come, and creepe and crawle before him, and begge for mercy at his hands, and to be at his dispose.

¹It is a fine passage. You know how Pharaoh would out-face the Lord, saying, Who is the Lord that I should obey him? And as the Master sometimes saith to his servant, You shall, And you shall do this saith the ⟨p. 89⟩husband to his wife. This is the sturdy fierceness of a company of wretches. Well, the Lord let him alone for the while, but in the 27. verse, when the Lord had freed and delivered his servants, and had plagued the Egyptians with the hail, then Pharaoh said, Now I know that the Lord is greater then all Gods, and that he is righteous, but I and my people are wicked. Where is Pharaoh and Nimrod, and all the rest of those mighty ones of the world? they are all gone down to hell, and God hath destroyed them, for, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. Herein is the glory of Gods power. So, it is here. As we use to say, Do you know such a man? Yes. What was he? A profest drunkard, and a desperate despiser of God and his grace, and one that did hate the very face of an honest man. Oh, the Lord hath brought him upon his knees. Oh, admirable (saith he) what is he humbled, and is his heart broken? Oh yes, the Lord hath dejected him in that wherein he was proud. As it is amongst men; If two men be in controversy, and the one enters into suit with the other, and before a man will submit and yield himself, he will dye, and rather spend all that he hath then to want his will, and he will make that tongue deny what it hath spoken. He thinks this his excellency: So, it is with our God. Herein is the power of the Almighty magnified, that he hath brought down those great Leviathans; and all those Nimrods and great Kings, which said, Who is the Lord? he hath made such as these are, to come in; and to submit unto him.