Ninthly, Look up to a crucified Christ for special power 1and strength, against the pride of your hearts. 'Tis sad in these knowing times to think how few there are that know the right way of bringing under the power of any sin. Most men scarce look so high as a crucified Christ, for power against their powerful sins. One soul sits down and complains, Such a 2lust haunts me, I'll pray it down. Another saith, such a sin follows me, and I'll hear it down, or watch it down, or resolve it down; and so a crucified Christ is not in all their thoughts. Not but that you are to hear, pray, watch, and resolve against your sins; but above all, you should look to the acting of Faith upon a crucified Christ. As he said of the sword of Goliath, None like to that: So I say, none like to this, for the bringing under the pride of mens hearts. The weaker the House of Saul grew, the stronger the House of David grew. The weakening of your pride, will be the increase and strengthening of your Humility; and therefore what the King of Syria said unto his fifty Captains, Fight ⟨p. 48⟩neither with small, nor great, but with the King of Israel: So say I, if you would keep humble, if you would lye low, draw forth your Artillery, place your greatest strength against the pride of your souls. (The death of Pride, will be the resurrection of Humility.) And that this may stick upon you, I shall lay down several Propositions concerning Pride; and I am so much the more willing to fall upon this work, and to make it the subject of our discourse at this time, because this horrid sin doth appear so boldly, and impudently; and that not only among profane persons, but Professors also. There are ten Propositions that I shall lay down concerning Pride.
Ninthly, Looke up to a crucified Christ for speciall power 1and strength, against the pride of your hearts. 'Tis sad in these knowing times to think how few there are that know the right way of bringing under the power of any sin. Most men scarce look so high as a crucified Christ, for power against their powerfull sins. One soule sits downe and complaines, Such a 2lust haunts me, I'le pray it downe. Another saith, such a sin followes me, and I'le hear it downe, or watch it downe, or resolve it downe; and so a crucified Christ is not in all their thoughts. Not but that you are to hear, pray, watch, and resolve against your sins; but above all, you should look to the acting of Faith upon a crucified Christ. As he said of the sword of Goliah, None like to that: So I say, none like to this, for the bringing under the pride of mens hearts. The weaker the House of Saul grew, the stronger the House of David grew. The weakning of your pride, will be the increase and strengthening of your Humility; and therefore what the King of Syria said unto his fifty Captaines, Fight ⟨p. 48⟩neither with small, nor great, but with the King of Israel: So say I, if you woulk keep humble, if you would lye low, draw forth your Artillery, place your greatest strength against the pride of your soules. (The death of Pride, will be the resurrection of Humility.) And that this may stick upon you, I shall lay downe severall Propositions concerning Pride; and I am so much the more willing to fall upon this work, and to make it the subject of our discourse at this time, because this horrid sin doth appeare so boldly, and impudently; and that not onely among prophane persons, but Professors also. There are ten Propositions that I shall lay downe concerning Pride.
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- 2Psal. 10. 4. It was the the blood of the Sacrifice, and the Oil, that cleansed the Leper in the Law, and that by them was meant the blood of Christ, and the grace of his Spirit, is agreed by all.Psal. 10. 4. It was the the blood of the Sacrifice, and the Oyle, that cleansed the Leper in the Law, and that by them was meant the blood of Christ, and the grace of his Spirit, is agreed by all.
