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…

Great men, wise men, rich men, are very subject to and often carried away by pride.

God therefore hides pride from them, because they lie so open to the assaults of pride; our rising is oftentimes an occasion of our falling. And that which God gives man for his good, proves (by reason of this corruption mostly) his snare. One of the Ancients speaking of Pride, saith 'tis the greatest sin for four reasons.

God therefore hides pride from them, because they lie so open to the assaults of pride; our rising is oftentimes an occasion of our falling. And that which God gives man for his good, proves (by reason of this corruption mostly) his snare. One of the Ancients speaking of Pride, saith 'tis the greatest sin for foure reasons.

First, In the antiquity of it, because it was the first sin, the Devil's sin, before man sinned; that sin which he first dropped into man to make him fall, was the sin by which himself fell; he would be higher, and more then he was, and he provoked man to be so too. 'Tis disputed what was the original of original sin, and the doubt lieth between two, whether unbelief or pride had the precedency in mans fall, (a question much like that, whether faith or repentance hath the precedency in his rising) I shall only state it thus; that which appeared first was unbelief; the woman put a peradventure upon the threatening of God in case of eating the forbidden fruit. But certainly pride was Contemporary with unbelief; man would needs lift up himself beyond the state he had, and so fell from and lost that estate.

First, In the antiquity of it, because it was the first sin, the Devill's sin, before man sinned; that sin which he first dropt into man to make him fall, was the sin by which himselfe fell; he would be higher, and more then he was, and he provoked man to be so too. 'Tis disputed what was the original of original sin, and the doubt lyeth between two, whether unbeliefe or pride had the precedency in mans fall, (a question much like that, whether faith or repentance hath the precedency in his rising) I shall only state it thus; that which appear'd first was unbeliefe; the woman put a peradventure upon the threatning of God in case of eating the forbidden fruit. But certainly pride was Contemporary with unbeliefe; man would needs lift up himselfe beyond the state he had, and so fell from and lost that estate.