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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
Part 2 › Chapter 15: A brief note of Hell.Part 2 › Chapter 15: A briefe note of Hell.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The proud heart of Nebuchadnezzar persuaded it self to get above the clouds, as the Spaniard spiteth us, and to be like the most high God, that is, he determined to take Jerusalem, which the Lord had chosen to be an habitation for himself, and of Pride he meant to tread down the people of God under his feet, as the Pope did the Emperor. But he is brought down, (and so shall (I trust) the Spaniard, if our Pride and sin hold him not up) to the grave, even to the sides of the pit. By which is meant, that Pride shall have the greatest torments and chiefest room in hell of all other sins, because on earth she hath been the foremost & chief ringleader of all other.1 Qui similis esse volebas deo: pro coelo demersus es in tenebras inferni. Thou which wouldest be like unto God, in stead of heaven, thou art drowned or plunged in the darkness of hell. It is even the same judgement which the Son of God Christ Jesus, denounced against proud Capernaum, saying: And thou Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. Luk. 10.15.
The proud heart of Nabuchadnezzar perswaded it selfe to get aboue the cloudes, as the Spaniard spiteth vs, and to be like the most high God, that is, he determined to take Ierusalem, which the Lord had chosen to be an habitation for himselfe, and of Pride hee ment to tread downe the people of God vnder his feet, as the Pope did the Emperour. But he is brought downe, (and so shall (I trust) the Spaniard, if our Pride and sin hold him not vp) to the graue, euen to the sides of the pit. By which is ment, that Pride shall haue the greatest torments and chiefest roome in hel of all other sinnes, because on earth she hath bene the foremost & chiefe ringleader of all other.1 Qui similis esse volebas deo: pro coelo demersus es in tenebras inferni. Thou which wouldest be like vnto God, in stead of heauen, thou art drowned or plunged in the darknesse of hell. It is euen the same iudgement which the sonne of God Christ Iesus, denounced against proud Capernaum, saying: And thou Capernaum, which art exalted to heauen, shalt be thrust downe to hell. Luk. 10.15.
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