A35535:1272
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
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.
It being the Lords design to hide pride from man, by those fore-named dispensations.
It being the Lords designe to hide pride from man, by those fore-named dispensations.
Observe, First.
Man is naturally much disposed and very prone to pride.
Those things which Children are apt to abuse or hurt themselves with, their parents hide from them; They will hide edge-tools from them, lest they get a wound by meddling with them; They will hide fruit from them, lest by eating overmuch they get a surfeit. Thus the Lord our tender father often hides all the means and occasions of pride from the eyes of his children, because they are so ready to boast and lift up themselves in pride. Man (as was showed at the 13th verse of the former Chapter) is a proud piece of flesh, and hath much proud flesh in him. The Prophet saith (Ezek: 7.10.) Pride hath budded; pride hath a root, and it brings forth fruit. There is a two-fold pride, or pride of two sorts. First, secret unseen pride, or pride of heart; Secondly, open visible pride, or pride of life. In allusion to the Prophets metaphor, we may say, there is pride in the bud, and pride in the root, pride buddeth outwardly.