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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
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.
How man? Heu quàm difficile est crimen non prodere vultu?1
- 1Answer.
How hard is it in outward show, To keep thy sin from open view?
How hard is it in outward shew, To keepe thy sinne from open vew?
As S. Ambrose saith,(o) Quasi is cognitus esse non potest, cum sibi desiderat demonstrari. As though he can be unknown which is desirous (like a fool) to show his coat. The wise man saith, A mans garment, laughter, and going, declare what he is. (p)And again: The whoredom of a woman may be known in the pride of her eyes, and eye-lids. (q)Thus the Lord God knew the daughters of Zion to be proud or haughty, because they walked with stretched out necks, with rolling eyes, jetting or nodding. and mincing as they did go: with costly apparel, sweet balls, bracelets and bonnets: their head attire, head-bands, Tablets, Earrings, Rings, Crisping pins, and such like.(r) And are you persuaded he knows not you? We read of one Attila, sometimes King of Pannonia, now called Austria, whose Pride the people noted by his very gesture. ⟨p. 42⟩