A treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at KidderminsterA treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at Kederminster

3. Consider also that you have to do with so Holy and Glorious a God, that to be Proud before Him, and that in and of our very service of him, is a sin whose greatness surpasseth our apprehensions. Had you to do with a man like your selves, you might better lift up your selves against him. There is nothing comparatively in the presence of the greatest Prince, to humble and abase you: But to be Proud before the God of heaven, and that in and of our lamentably weak addresses to him, O what an horridly impious, unreasonable thing is this? O man, if thy eyes were opened to see a little, a very little of the glory of that blessed ⟨p. 302⟩God thou speakest to, how flat wouldst thou fall down? how wouldst thou fear and tremble? and cry out as the Prophet, Isa. 6. 5. [Woe is me, for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts] Or as Job 40. 4. [Behold I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth. And Chap. 42. 5, 6. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee: wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes] One glimpse of Gods Majesty would take down thy self-exalting thoughts, and humble thee with a witness.

3. Consider also that you have to do with so Holy and Glorious a God, that to be Proud before Him, and that in and of our very service of him, is a sin whose greatness surpasseth our apprehensions. Had you to do with a man like your selves, you might better lift up your selves against him. There is nothing comparatively in the presence of the greatest Prince, to humble and abase you: But to be Proud before the God of heaven, and that in and of our lamentably weak addresses to him, O what an horridly impious, unreasonable thing is this? O man, if thy eyes were opened to see a little, a very little of the glory of that blessed ⟨p. 302⟩God thou speakest to, how flat wouldst thou fall down? how wouldst thou fear and tremble? and cry out as the Prophet, Isa. 6. 5. [Wo is me, for I am undone, because I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts] Or as