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A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude
A practical commentary, or An exposition with notes on the Epistle of Jude. Delivered (for the most part) in sundry weekly lectures at Stoke-Newington in Middlesex. By Thomas Manton, B.D. and minister of Covent-Garden.
London: printed by J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1658
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1. None so fawning and base spirited as the proud for their 1advantage; these spoke swelling words, and yet basely crouching for profits sake. Ambrose noteth it of a spirit of ambition; ut dominetur aliis prius servit curvatur obsequio ut honore donetur; none stoop so as they that have a mind to rise,* one observed of our late Prelates, That they were willing to take Chams curse upon them to domineer in the Tents of them, that is, would be servants o• servants slaves to great mens servants, that they might lord it over Gods Heritage; men of proud insulting spirits, how low for their own ends? as Absalom courteth the people to jostle his father out of the Throne, 2 Sam. 15. 2, 3, 4, 5. and Tacitus observeth the like of Oath, that he did proiicere oscula, adorare vulgus & omnia serviliter pro imperio: adore the people, kiss the meanest, basely dispense his courtesy to the vilest, all to further his designs upon the Empire; ⟨p. 479⟩so Ammianus Marcellivus, lib. 25. observeth the same of Julian, that out of affectation of popularity he delighted to converse with the meanest of the people; certainly a proud spirit is no great spirit, no more then a swoln arm can be accounted big.
1. None so fawning and base spirited as the proud for their 1advantage; these spoke swelling words, and yet basely crouching for profits sake. Ambrose noteth it of a spirit of ambition; ut dominetur aliis prius servit curvatur obsequio ut honore donetur; none stoop so as they that have a mind to rise,* one observed of our late Prelates, That they were willing to take Chams curse upon them to domineer in the Tents of them, that is, would be servants o• servants slaves to great mens servants, that they might lord it over Gods Heritage; men of proud insulting spirits, how low for their own ends? as Absolom courteth the people to justle his father out of the Throne,