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…

Pride is a sin which God prosecutes both night and day; if speaking by day doth not mortify it, speaking in the night by dreams shall. Nebuchadnezzar was full of pride, and God humbled him by a dream, and brought down the haughtiness of his heart by a vision of the night. This great Monarch of the world was so full of pride that he boasted it out (Dan: 4.30.) Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, and by the might of my power, and for the honour of my Majesty? Now while he spake thus walking in the Palace of the kingdom of Babylon, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken, The kingdom is departed from thee, &c. And they shall drive thee from among men, And thy dwelling (who hast thought thy self more then man) shall be with the beasts of the field. The effect of this voice Nebuchadnezzar had in a dream, as appears by Daniels interpretation of it in the former part of the Chapter. God showed him in that dream what his condition should be, and he executed it upon him to the full, to pull down his pride; That, he at last might know that the most High ruleth the Kingdoms of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will. Whereas then he thought that he alone ruled the world, and could give kingdoms to whom he would. How wonderfully did God oppose the pride of Pauls spirit, he could not favour pride, no not in that eminent Apostle, Lest through the abundance of revelations he should he exalted above measure, there was given him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, (2 Cor: 12.7.) that is, God used extraordinary means to humble him. As here God is said to humble by visions, so there Paul being endangered to pride by receiving visions, God found a strange way to humble him, even by the buffetings of the messenger of Satan, who is the Prince of pride, and as (God speaketh of the Leviathan at the 42d Chapter of this book, v. 34.) a king over all the children of pride. God doth so much resist pride, that he cannot but resist the proud (James 4, 6.) and scorn the scorners, (Pro: 3.34.) yea he hath told us of a day (Isa: 2.11.) wherein the lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down: and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day.

Pride is a sin which God prosecutes both night and day; if speaking by day doth not mortifie it, speaking in the night by dreams shall. Nebuchadnezzar was full of pride, and God humbled him by a dream, and brought downe the haughtinesse of his heart by a vision of the night. This great Monarch of the world was so full of pride that he boasted it out (Dan: 4.30.) Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdome, and by the might of my power, and for the honour of my Majesty? Now while he spake thus walking in the Palace of the kingdome of Babylon, there fell a voyce from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken, The kingdome is departed from thee, &c. And they shall drive thee from among men, And thy dwelling (who hast thought thy selfe more then man) shall be with the beasts of the field. The effect of this voyce Nebuchadnezzar had in a dreame, as appeares by Daniels interpretation of it in the former part of the Chapter. God shewed him in that dreame what his condition should be, and he executed it upon him to the full, to pull downe his pride; That, he at last might know that the most High ruleth the Kingdomes of men, and giveth them to whomsoever he will. Whereas then he thought that he alone ruled the world, and could give kingdomes to whom he would. How wonderfully did God oppose the pride of Pauls spirit, he could not favour pride, no not in that eminent Apostle, Lest through the abundance of revelations he should he exalted above measure, there was given him a thorne in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, (2 Cor: 12.7.) that is, God used extraordinary means to humble him. As here God is said to humble by visions, so there Paul being endanger'd to pride by receiving visions, God found a strange way to humble him, even by the bufferings of the messenger of Satan, who is the Prince of pride, and as (God speaketh of the Leviathan at the 42d Chapter of this booke, v. 34.) a king over all the children of pride. God doth so much resist pride, that he cannot but resist the proud (