What Pride and Humility are. PART V. 'DireEtions againft Pride, and for Humility. 9· 1 , p R I D E , ~eing reputed the great fin .of the Devil by which he fell, is in the Ham~ and ~fd'!~1~~i:11 general notion of 1t, mfamous and od1ous wuh allmofi all: but the nature of It ts fo ~e to my · much unknown, and the_fin fo t~ndifcerned by the moll! that.it i~ commonly chcriib~d, Boo_k of felf~ whjle it is commonly fpoke agamlt. Therefore the chtef Dtrefltons for the conquermg dcmal: and of it, are thofe th:it are for the full difcovery of it : For when it is [ecn it isjhamed, and to fhame ~~~~:;::to it is to defi:roy it. 9· 2 • Direct. 1. V;tdtrfta11d aright the nature of Pride, that you may mithe~ ig,~orantly rttain it, nor Direa. I· .ppofe Y'"' dmy ar f11ppojid to be Pride•. .Here I ~aH tell you , •· What Przde IS'. and what com– mandment it is againfi.: And what Hum1hty ts whtch IS Jts contrary. 2 · Some feemmgs or appearances like Pride, which may make men cenfured as Proud, for t~at which is not Pride. 3.· The counterfeitS of Humility, which may make a Proud man feem to hzmfelf or others to be Humble. 9· 3· J. p R ID E , is an i,nordin<J~e felf-exalt~n~ : or a lifti~g up our fclvn above the ftate or de- Pride wlut. grec appointed M· It i5 called cnweps't'm~, becaufe It IS an appearmg to our felves, and a defire-lo appear to others above what we are, or above others of our quality. It is a branch of SELF I SHN E SS, and containeth man-plcafing as before defcribed, and pwduceth Hypocri(te, and is its ori· gina\ arid life. It containeth in it thefe following aCh or parts. I· A wiU tobe higher or greater than God 'ttlould have lM be. 2· An overvaluing of o1tr jtlves, or ffteeming our felves to be Greater, Wifer or Better than indeed we are. 3• A dcfire that ozhm jhould. think, of ZM, and [peal(, of 11<, and ufi u;, M gre~ter, or wifer, or better tba11 we are. 4• An Mdeavour Or [eek.jng torife above our appoimcrl place_, or to be overvalued by otherr. 5· An ojfentation of our inordinate ftlfcjtcem in outward figns of fpeecb ot atiion. Every one of the[c is an act of Pride. Th·e three tirlt are the imvard acts of ic in the Mind and 1ViU, and the two laft are its external aCtS. . 9· 4• As the Love of God and man are the comprehcnfive duties of the Decalogue, exprelfed moll ~g:unfl "'~~: in the firft and laft Comm:mdmwt, but yet extending themfelvcs to all the relt ;. fo SELFISHol~man - N E S S and P RI D E ( which is a principal part of it) ate the oppofite tins, forbidden priilcipally mn · in the ftrft and lajf Command.ment 1 as contrary to the Love of God and man, but fo as iris contrary w the relt. They are fins againfi the.very Rel.;ti91t it fclf that God and man do !land in to us, and not only againH a puticular Law: They :ue again{\ the very conjlitution of the Kingdom of God, and not only againll: the Admi;zifttation·: le is Trcafon or IdoltJtry again£\ God, a:nd a fetting up our felvds jn fome pare of his prerogative : And ir is a monfirous extubeuncie in the Body, and a rifing· of one member ab:rllt and fo againjt the refi; either fltperi:;rs ( and fo againfi the fifth command ) or <quals ( againfl the refl ). 9. S· HUM 1 LIT Y is contrary to pride; and therefore confifieth, 1. In a contr.ntednefs with HumiE:y that degree and flatc which God bath alligned us. 2.· In mean thoughts of our felves, efleeming w:m. our ftlvcs noGreater, Wiftr or Bt!tter than we are. 3· In a willingnefs and delire that others 010uld tlOt think;. of us, or [peak,. of us, or u[e us, as greater, or wifir, or better than we are; thJt they fhould give us no more honour, pr.1ife or Love than is our due; the redundancic being but a deceit or lie, and an abufe of us and thtrn. 4· In the avoiding of all inordinate afpiring endea~ors, and a tontcn· red exercife of ou~ alligncd offices, ·and doing the rneanefi works of our own places. 5· In the avoi~ing of all ojtmtationor appearahce of that greatnefs, wifdom or goodnefs which we have not ; and htting our fpeeches, apparel, provifions, furniture and all our deportment and behaviour to the meannefs of our puts, and place, and worth. This is the very Nature ofHulfJility: The more particular fignt I fh1!1 open afterwards. §· 6. I I. Prid~ lying in the heart is oft rni~judgcd of by others, that fee but the cutward ap- The Tnw"d pcarances , .and fomettme by the pcrfon htmfelf that underCrandcth not the nature of it. The in- ft: mm;.:~ of ward appearances that are mi(h.ken for pride, and are not it, are fuch as tht[c. I· vvhen a man in l'rid.t: th.lt :~re power and Government ha1h a fpirit fuitablc to his pllce and work : This is not Pridt! but vcrtue. :wt ;r. 2· When natural firength and vigor of fpirits expelleth pufillanim1ty; efpe<ially when jaid, beholding ~~d expelletl_1 a~l inordinalt~ refptc1 ro men :1nd fear of all thlt they can do, this is not pride but Cholhan magnammuy and fonuude; and the contrary is not humility bur rruJ:.!cji, and pulilbnimity, and coward1zc. 3· When a n:ifC man knowdh in what mufitre he iJ 1vijc, ;.{:Jd in wha' m:::aforc t::hcr. m~n _ar~ ignorant, or erro)lt.oltf, and when he is confcicus of his Y.nowleJse, :u1d dd!ghr.t:d and pltafcd m 1t tnrough the love vf truth, and thJnkful to God for rtveJ.linD' it eo him and bltHin" tn far his lludies and endeavours, all this is mercy and duty, and not pride. fur iruth i; ami.Jb!e at1...f de- ·~ lc/Jable in itftlt; And he that b,nowetbmnti needs ~(;row that he b,nowtth ; as he thlt jietb cloth pctCC!Ve by fwng that he feetb. And zf Jt be a fault to l(,n"" that 1 l(,now, it m\lft l" a fault to 1(:'"" at all.
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