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The plain mans path-way to heaven
The plain mans path-way to heaven wherein every man may clearly see whether he shall be saved or damned. / Set forth dialogue-wise for the better understanding of the simple, by Arthur Dent, preacher of the word of God at South-Shoobery in Essex.
London: printed by Ja. Young for G. Lathum, 1643
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.
Theol. You say well: for that indeed may well stand in the fore-front, sith it is a master-devil, and the master-pock of the soul.
Theol. You say well: for that indeed may well stand in the fore-front, sith it is a master-divell, and the master-pock of the soule.
Phil. Show me out of the Scriptures that pride is so grievous and loathsome.
Phil. Shew mee out of the Scriptures that pride is so grievous and lothsome.
Theol. Solomon saith,1 Every one that is proud in heart is abomination to the Lord: which plainly showeth, that God doth detest and abhor proud men. And is it not a fearful thing, think you, to be abhorred of God? And in the same Chap. Ver. 18. he saith, Pride goeth before destruction, and an high mind before the fall. Wherein he showeth, that pride is the for-runner of some deadly downfall, either by disgracing or displacing. For it is an old and true Proverb, Pride will have a fall. And oftentimes, when men are most lifted up, then are they nearest, unto it: as the examples of Haman, Nebuchadnezzar, and Herod do plainly declare. When the milt swelleth, the rest of the body pineth away; even so when the heart is puffed up with pride, the whole man is in danger of destruction. Moreover, the holy Ghost saith,2 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud. 3Job saith of such kind of men, The spark of his fire shall not shine: fear shall dwell in his house, and brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. And in another place he saith,