The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Secondly, Confidence in the Creature, whether our selves and the good things which God hath given us, as Friends, Honour, Credit, Wisdom, Riches, or whatsoever else: ⁱExhort the rich men in this World, that they trust not in the incertainty of riches, but in the living God, who ministereth to all men abundantly, &c. ^kCursed is the man that hath his confidence in man, and maketh flesh his Arm. The ^lpride of thine heart hath deceived thee. Thou that dwellest in the cliffs of the Rocks, whose habitation is high, that sayest in thy heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? though thou exalt thy self as the Eagle, and make thy nest among the Stars, thence will I bring thee down, ⟨p. 153⟩saith JEHOVAH, 2. Chron. 16. 12. Asa a Religious Prince is taxed, that in the extremity of his sickness he sought not to the Lord, but to Physicians.

Secondly, Confidence in the Creature, whether our selues and the good things which God hath giuen vs, as Friends, Honour, Credit, Wisdome, Riches, or whatsoeuer else: ⁱExhort the rich men in this World, that they trust not in the incertainty of riches, but in the liuing God, who ministreth to all men aboundantly, &c. ^kCursed is the man that hath his confidence in man, and maketh flesh his Arme. The ^lpride of thine heart hath deceiued thee. Thou that dwellest in the cliffes of the Rockes, whose habitation is high, that sayst in thy heart, Who shall bring mee downe to the ground? though thou exalt thy selfe as the Eagle, and make thy nest among the Starres, thence will I bring thee downe, ⟨p. 153⟩