A26892:1985
A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 1 › Chapter 4 › Part 5 › Signs of Pride in common converse.
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.
§. 62. Sign 11. A proud man expecteth that all the good that he doth be remembered, and that1 others do keep a register of his good works, and take notice of his learning, worth and virtues: As their own memories are stronger here than in any thing, so they think other mens should be: As if (being conscious how unfit they are for the esteem of God) they thought all were lost which is not observed and esteemed by men: As their eye is upon themselves, so they think the eye of2 others should be also, and that as their own, to admire the good, and not to see the infirmities and evil.
§. 62. Sign 11. A proud man expecteth that all the good that he doth be remembred, and that1 others do keep a register of his good works, and take notice of his learning, worth and vertues: As their own memories are stronger here than in any thing, so they think other mens should be: As if (being conscious how unfit they are for the esteem of God) they thought all were lost which is not observed and esteemed by men: As their eye is upon themselves, so they think the eye of2 others should be also, and that as their own, to admire the good, and not to see the infirmities and evil.
- 1Sign 11.
- 2Hesich. Illust. saith of Ar•esilaus, In communicandis facultatibus ac deferendis beneficiis supra quam dici potest promptus atque facilis fuit: Alienissimus à captanda gloriola à beneficio, quod latere maluerat: Invisens C•esibium aegrotantem, quum videret illum in egestate esse, clam cervical• supposuit crumenam nummariam, qua ille inventa, Arceselai inquit, hicce ludus est.