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A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…
A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R.W. for Francis Tyton, 1662
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7. The Exaltation of the Saints is a spiritual exaltation, which is not so apt to make men Proud, as carnal exaltation is. Charity puffeth not up, as •ery knowledge doth. It is selfishness that is the Life of Pride, (which consisteth in excessive self-esteem, and desire of an excessive esteem with others, and to be magnified by them) And nothing but Grace can subdue this selfishness, and therefore nothing else can destroy Pride.
7. The Exaltation of the Saints is a spiritual exaltation, which is not so apt to make men Proud, as carnal exaltation is. Charity puffeth not up, as •ery knowledge doth. It is selfishness that is the Life of Pride, (which consisteth in excessive selfesteem, and desire of an excessive esteem with others, and to be magnified by them) And nothing but Grace can subdue this selfishness, and therefore nothing else candestroy Pride.
8. Moreover the Honour of the Saints, is the less like to make them Proud, because Humility is part of the Grace that •• bestowed on them. To be Proud and Holy, is to be sick and Holy, to be Light and Dark: they are plain contraries. No man is proud but for want of Holiness: and therefore that Holiness should efficiently make men proud is impossible, any more th•n Health can make men sick, or Darkness can be caused by Light. And if objectively any be Proud of his Holiness, […] but in such a measure as he is not holy. Holiness doth ever […] ⟨p. 261⟩Pride, and contain Humility and self-denial, as an essential part: All Christs Disciples learn of him in their measure to be meek and lowly.
8. Moreover the Honour of the Saints, is the less like to make them Proud, because Humility is part of the Grace that •• bestowed on them. To be Proud and Holy, is to be sick and Holy, to be Light and Dark: they are plain contraries. No man is proud but for want of Holiness: and therefore that Holiness should efficiently make men proud is impossible, any more thn Health can make men sick, or Darkness can be caused by Light. And if objectively any be Proud of his Holiness, but in such a measure as he is noholy. Holiness doth ever