The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Fourthly, Where men have power they look upon every offence through their own greatness. God may justly look at every sin against him as very great, because he looks through his own greatness; and men that have power will be like God. Men that have any greatness and above others, they are ready to look at all offences committed against them as through their own greatness, and therefore think it unsufferable.

Fourthly, Where men have power they look upon every offence through their own greatness. God may justly look at every sin against him as very great, because he looks through his own greatness; and men that have power will be like God. Men that have any greatness and above others, they are ready to look at all offences committed against them as through their owne greatness, and therefore think it unsufferable.

Fifthly, Besides, Men that are above others look upon all under them as mean and contemptible, as if it were better for them to perish as filth and dross then for them to be crossed, and prize the content of their humours more then the life and welfare of all under them.

Fifthly, Besides, Men that are above others look upon all under them as meane and contemptible, as if it were better for them to perish as filth and dross then for them to be crossed, and prize the content of their humors more then the life and welfare of al under them.

Sixthly, Further, Those that are above others have nothing to keep in their wrath, as meaner men, though their anger be up yet it is kept in by higher power: but where there is nothing to keep it in, it will break over bounds.