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A third help against pride is, §3diligence in some lawful calling: ¹for labour and travel (as the wise man saith) are appointed unto the sons of men to humble them thereby. As for idle persons, they are always proud and conceited: A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes, ²then ten men that can render a reason, for such kind of people having nothing to busy their heads about, are very ready (Satan helping them forward) to think of their own worth, to imagine high things of themselves, and so to build •astles in the air: besides that, idleness nourisheth in them all manner of vile lusts, and the more sinful any one is, the more proud he is; and therefore is the devil more proud than any, because he is more sinful than any. If then we would not be in bondage unto this vile sin of pride, let us apply our selves diligently unto the works of our several vocations; and that for conscience sake and in obedience unto God; not for filthy lucre sake, of for envy, or the like, for if we labour & toil never so much for worldly respects, we shall not be rightly humbled thereby, but rather puffed up in our fleshly minds.

A third helpe against pride is, §3diligence in some lawfull calling: ¹for labour and trauell (as the wise man saith) are appointed vnto the sonnes of men to humble them thereby. As for idle persons, they are alwaies proud and conceited: A sluggard is wiser in his owne eyes, ²then ten men that can render a reason, for such kind of people hauing nothing to busie their heads about, are very readie (Sathan helping them forward) to thinke of their owne worth, to imagine high things of themselues, and so to build •astles in the aire: besides that, idlenes nourisheth in them all manner of vile lusts, and the more sinfull any one is, the more proud he is; and therefore is the diuell more proud than any, because he is more sinfull than any. If then we would not be in bondage vnto this vile sinne of pride, let vs apply our selues diligently vnto the workes of our seuerall vocations; and that for conscience sake and in obedience vnto God; not for filthy lucre sake, of for enuy, or the like, for if we labour & toyle neuer so much for worldly respects, we shall not be rightly humbled thereby, but rather puffed vp in our fleshly mindes.