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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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CHAP. I. A brief exposition of the Text.
CHAP. I. A briefe exposition of the Text.
The cause of Babylon's destruction, and Nebuchadnezzar his subversion, is Pride. (a)Who here stands as upon the Stage, vaunting ⟨p. 2⟩her self, like Absalom upon the battlements of his house, bewraying his sin without any shame.(b) And is at defiance with God, like Pharaoh (c)or Rabshacheh, (d)speaking here by Nebuchadnezzar, as the devil did by the serpent,(e) and thinks scorn to be equal with any creature. And therefore as you see, she mounts her self above the clouds, and will be like God: as the Serpent told Eva she should.(f) Such is her shameless impudency, that she fears not to encounter with God, as the devil did with Christ,(g) or the dragon with Michael. (h)But God lieth as in a scout-watch, not as the Elders did to catch Susanna, but as Israel did, to entrap their enemies.(k) Or rather tells her to her teeth, as Elijah did Ahab, (l)