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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.
Yet here it may be questioned; Whence it cometh to pass, that man is so prone to pride? or what is the spring of it?
Yet here it may be questioned; Whence it cometh to passe, that man is so prone to pride? or what is the spring of it?
I answer; First, Pride springs from Inordinate self-love, (2 Tim: 3.2.) Men shall be lovers of their own selves, Covetous, Boasters, Proud. They that are undue lovers of themselves, or in love with themselves, they presently grow proud of themselves. Self-love, and self-flattery, are glasses in which if a man look upon himself, he appears double to what he is, or much greater then what he really is. Self-love is a multiplying, yea and a magnifying glass. 'Tis dangerous to see our selves through our own self-love; That sight of self affects the heart with ⟨p. 312⟩high thoughts of self, which high thoughts the Lord would have all men cast down, or cast away, while he gives that admonition by his Apostle to the Romans (Rom: 12.3.) Let no man think of himself more highly then he ought to think (that is, let him not think highly of himself at all) but (as it followeth in the same verse) Soberly, or to sobriety. For indeed many are drunken, yea mad, or mad-drunk with high, that is, proud thoughts of themselves. Hence that of the same Apostle (Gal: 6.3.) If a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself; he that thinks himself to be something, is he that hath proud thoughts of himself; and such a something, is a mere nothing, that is, is no such thing as he thinks himself to be; as is clear in the case of the Church of Laodicea (Rev: 3.16.) Hence
I answer; First, Pride springs from Inordinate selfe-love, (2 Tim: 3.2.) Men shall be lovers of their own selves, Covetous, Boasters, Proud. They that are undue lovers of themselves, or in love with themselves, they presently grow proud of themselves. Selfe-love, and selfe-flattery, are glasses in which if a man look upon himselfe, he appears double to what he is, or much greater then what he really is. Selfe-love is a multiplying, yea and a magnifying glasse. 'Tis dangerous to see our selves through our owne selfe-love; That sight of selfe affects the heart with