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A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the…
A godly treatise, entitled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nebuchadnezzars subversion. Set forth by William Wheatley Master of Art, and preacher of Gods word.A godlie treatise, intituled the view and down-fall of pride Wherein is declared the cause of Babylons destruction, and Nabuchadnezzars subuersion. Set forth by William Wheatley Maister of Art, and preacher of Gods word.
London: printed by Thomas Creed for John Deane and John Baily, 1602London: printed by Thomas Creed for Iohn Deane and Iohn Baily, 1602
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4 Fourthly, almighty God often bringeth down the Pride of many, by spoiling them of those things whereof they be proud; so sending the to shame, and making them a derision unto the people.1 Therefore holy Job saith: The eyes of the wicked shall fail, & their refuge shall perish, and their hope shall be sorrow of mind. Thus God promised (& he was as good as his word) to pull down the Pride of the daughters of Zion, & bring them to shame. Thus thy pomp shall be brought down, as the worldling with his wealth: ⟨p. 93⟩for thy glory is but dung and worms, to day thou art set up, and to morrow thou shalt not be found. Therefore look to thy learning, thy wisdom and wealth: be not proud of thy honour, beauty, or strength, as Paul was of his revelations. 2. Cor. 12. For Inquinat egregios adiuncta superbia mores. Pride staineth the best virtues. There saith Saint Augustine, Sola superbia etiam in recte factis est cavenda. Onely Pride in our good deeds must be avoided. This I take to be the cause (even for that we are proud of those things we have) that holy Job and the Prophet Isay do say in effect. Many rich, become poor: many strong, weak: the wise, foolish: and the beautiful ugly, &c. Because God will bring down proud men and send them to shame and confusion by that which is their glory, Isay 20.5. and whereof they be proud. 5. Fifthly, To humble men and bring them down. God doth further not only whet his sword, and bend his bow, and prepare infinite instruments of death; but he hath shot his arrows and wounded his persecutors, and proud rebels & enemies, ⟨p. 94⟩most terrible to remember: sometimes by the sword of one neighbour against another. This was his promise against the Egyptians.2 This he dealt in judgement with the Ammonites, Moabites, and Idumeans. They slew one an other, and every one helped to destroy an other. Such was his vengeance upon the Midianites.3 The Lord set every mans sword upon his neighbour. Absalom slew his brother Ammon, and in the end of the world Amons enemies shall be those of his own household. But good Lord defend us from civill war and domesticall blood-shed through one neighbour against an other: by which thou hast promised to destroy them, that tread thine inheritance under their feet,