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Asarkokaukemma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, opened in a sermon preached…Asarkokaukēma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, open'd in a sermon preached…
Asarkokaukemma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, opened in a sermon preached at the funeral of Kingsmel Lucy, Esq. Eldest son to Francis Lucy, Esq. / By Tho. Case ...Asarkokaukēma, or The vanity of glorying in the flesh, open'd in a sermon preached at the funeral of Kingsmel Lucy, Esq. Eldest sonne to Francis Lucy, Esq. / By Tho. Case ...
London: printed by T.R. and E.M. for Robert Gibbs, 1655
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.
Fourthly,1 pride is a veil upon our excellencies with men; the unsavoury. But in our commendations, we use to say, Such a man hath ⟨p. 48⟩excellent parts, But he is proud; such a woman beautiful, but she knows it; it is like Naamans leprosy, a blot upon a fair character. He was a mighty man of valour, 2but a leper.
Fourthly,1 pride is a vaile upon our excellencies with men; the unsavoury. But in our commendations, we use to say, Such a man hath ⟨p. 48⟩excellent parts, But he is proud; such a woman beautiful, but she knows it; it is like Naamans leprosie, a blot upon a faire character. He was a mighty man of valour, 2but a leper.
- 14. A blot with men.
- 22 Kings 5.1.
1Fifthly, it is worse with God: it is a blot with men; but oftentimes it is a blast from God. Nebuchadnezzars pride disinherited him of his reason, and turned him a grazing among the brute beasts.
1Fifthly, it is worse with God: it is a blot with men; but oftentimes it is a blast from God. Nebuchadnezzars pride disinherited him of his reason, and turn'd him a grazing among the bruit beasts.