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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 1: Who dareth to tame those proud before spoken off?
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.
Then said his wise men & his wife unto him, If Mard•che be of the seed of the Jews, 1before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. And indeed no more he did. For Hamans head was a button for his own hal•er, and his body became the clapper of his own bell, to ring his soul to hell. To be plain, he was hanged upon his own gallows. Now (beloved) if Hamans wife and his wife men knew that he should not prevail ⟨p. 74⟩against Mardoche, because he was of the seed of Israel: Shall Pride think to rise and prevail against the Lord, which is the God of Israel? who casteth out the heathen before him, and bringeth the counsel of Princes to nought, and maketh the devises of the people to be of none effect, whose throne is the heavens, and the earth his foot-stool, whose glory is over all the earth, who filleth all things with the power of his majesty even God in his holy habitation? No, no. It is in vain for the pot to stri•e against the Potter. When the King of Judah threatened war to the King of Israel, 2the King of Israel returned this answer again: That it was but the Thistle against the Cedar. So he made account of the King of Judah and of his strength,3 but as of a thistle in regard of himself. But God is of greater strength against the wicked to destroy them; then the Cedar is in respect of the thistle to break it. There was a battle in heaven, Michael & his Angels fought against the Dragon; and the Dragon fought & his angels. But they prevailed not, neither was their place found any ⟨p. 75⟩more in heaven. And the great dragon that old serpent called the devil,4 and satan was cast out; and so shall Pride and proud men. The Psalmist saith; All the beasts of the forrest are mecked and tamed by man: but the beasts of Pride God will came.