Siglls of Pri'de. §. 6o. Sigil 9 , A proud man is alwayes hard to be pleofid, been& he hath too great expechtions from others; He looks for fo much obf~rvance and reipect, and to be humoured and honoured by alf, rhat it is too hard a rask for any man to pleafe him that bath much to do with him, and bath any other Trade to follow : He that will pleafe him, mufi either have little to do with him, and come bur feldome in his way; or el[e he mufi fiudy the art of nhn-plcafing, complement and flattery, rill he be ready to commence Doctor in it, and mutl make ic' his Tradt: and bufincfs,- as Nurfes do to rend the f~.Ck, or quiet Children. One look, or word, or aCtion, will every day fall crofs; and fame :refpett or complement will be wanting. And as godly humble men do jufily aggravate their fins from rhc Grearnefs and Excellency of God whom they offend; fo the proud man foolithly aggravates every little wrong that is done him, and every word that is faid againU him, and every fuppofed omi(fion or neglect of him , by rhe high Efiimarion he barb of himfelf againll whom it is <lone. . ~.6r. Sign IO· The proudaredefirousofPrecedrncy among men : Tobefaluted withrhefirfi; .&'ign to. and taken by Great ones into the greatefi favour, and to be (et in the upper room, at Table, and at Church; and to rake the bctrer ?and: He grudgerh at rhofe that are fer above him and preferredbe- \. fore him, unlefs they are much hts Sapenours: Or tfhe have the Wtt to avOid the dtfgrace of con- '""' rending for {uch trifles, and Chewing the childi~nefs of his Pride to others , yet he retaincth a .A difpleafllre at. the heart. When the humble gtve precedency to others, and fer thcrnfelves at ..llfl:ri·9} 10 • the lower end. 2· 62. Sign I I· A proud man expeCl:erh that all the good that he d?th be remembred, and that rign I I• others do keep a regifi:er of his good works, and take nottct:: ot hts learntng) worth and vertues : As their own memoria are flronger here than in any thing, fo they think other mens fhould be: As if ( being confcious how unfit they are for the efieem of God ) they thought all were loll which is not o~fervod and cfteemed by men ,: As their eye is upon rhemfelves , fo rhey think the eye of Htfkb. r//>{1. othl'ls fhould be alfo; and that as their own, to admire the good, and not to fee the intirmi· f1ith of Ar.t... tiCS -and evil. ~~:~~~~i~~n~ dis f;;acultari- · bus :tc ddcrcmlls be~eficiis filpU. qu3m did pottll: promptus :ttque facili~ fuit ! Aliel1iffimu~ a Cllptanda gloriola a beneficio, quod l:ttcre m:~.lumt: Invlft:n~Ctefibium ;;a:grotantcm, quum vidctetillum iu egefiate cffe, clam cervicali fuppofuit crumenam uummanam~ qua il!e invema, Arcc.:felili inquir, biccc ludus ·eR. ' · · 9· 63. Sign 12. No man is taken for fo great a friend to the proud ·as 1heir admiren: wharevet Sig~ 12 • elfe they be, they love thofc men bdl, that highliell elleem them : The faults of fuch they can extenuate and eafily forgive: Let them be Drunkards, or Whoremongers, orSweart:rs, orotherwi{e un-;- godly, the proud man lovedJ them according to the rneafure of their honouring him : Ifyou would have his favour, let him hear that you have magnified him behind his back, and that you honour him above all other men. But if the: holiefi.fervant of God ·think.. meanly ofhim, and fpeak of him bur as he is; efpecially if he think they are diflfteemer.r of him, or are againjf hM interrjt and honor all their wifdom and holim:fs will not reconcile him to them, if they were as wife or good as Pete; or Paul: It fignifieth nothing to him that they are honourers of God, if he think they be not honou. ~ers of him. Nay , he will not believe or acknowledge their goodnefs, but rake all for hypocri!i_c , if they fuit nor with his interell or honour : and all b<eaufe he is an Id,l 1o himfelf. , ~· 4· Sign 13· A proud man is apt to domineer with infoltncy, when he gets any advantage; Sign •3• and peiceiveth hirnfelf on the higher ground. He faith as Pilate to thofe that are in his power, . Know~jt thou not tbat I have power lo crucifie thee, and power to releafe thee} Forgetting that they Jobn 19. ro, ~ have no -power at all .zgainft any, but wbat i1 given 1bem from above. Vidories and fuccdfes lift pf: 1 u. up fools, and make them took big and forget thcmfclvcs, as if their lhadows were longer than be~ Pf:l: ~;·. :I. 4 " fore: Servants got on Horsback will fpeak di(dainfully ofPrinces that are on foot. • David faith, Tht Pfal. 36. 'r. proud bave had nu in dtrifion. If they get into places of power by prefeuhent, they c.mnot bear it, E~d('[ to. 1~ but art puffed up and intoxicated, as if they were no~ the fame men they were: They deal worfe by P!ill 11 9 5I· tht:ir inferiours if they humour them not, than Ba/aam by hM Aji: when they have macle 'tlum fptak, thei[ infolency cannot bear it, whereas the humble rcmembreth how far he is eqital with the lowtjl, and dealtrh gently with his fervants themfelves, rtmembring 1h41, he alfo hath a M.jler in Heaven, Ephef. 6. 9· Col. 4> 1 • 1 • 9· .65. Sign •4· A proud m~n is impatient of being. <o~trodifled in hit Jfeech ;' b~ it right.or wrong Sig 11 14 • you mull: fay as he, or not gamfay htrn. Hence tt ts that Gallants tll.ink tb4.t a mans ltfc JS little enough eo expiate the wrong, if a man prefume to fay, •h'ey Lye. I know that Children, and fervants, and other. inferi?rs mull not be unrev~re~t or imrnodcfi, in an unnec'effary con~radid:ing the words of the.:a fupertOurs, bur mult filently gtve place when they cannot affcnt eo what is faid: But yet an impJtience of fober and .reafi:ma.ble conuadidion, ev~n from an lnfCriour o[ ferVant, is not a lign of a humblemind. . , §. 66. Sign J 5· 'Wl:creever a proud ~an. dwell~th he ts turbu!ent ~nd .impatifnl if he h.1vt not hM Sign 1 5 ; ,.;u: If he be a pubhck p~rfon, he will fer a Kmgdomall on hre, Ifthmgs may not goas he would have them. Among the cumes of the lafi and penlous times, Paul numbercth rhef(: ; to be Lover 1 of their own fclvei, boajfcrJ, pro~td, traytorJ 1 heady,higb-minded---lf they have to do in Church at:.~ Tim. ~· z~ f•irs 1 they will have thtiJ will and way, or they will cafi all inro confufion, and hinder tho Gofpel; l' •· 1 i 2. and 1
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