Honour And Pride, And r . Climbing high, &c. 229 IL j Havehitherto chewed you wherein/elf-denial doth con- firit as to the heart and root ofit, which is theMor- tificationof the felfifb Inclination or Difpofition : and then, as to the firft of the three parts of its Objedive Intereft, which is finfltive Pleaftert : I fhould now proceed to the other two parts of its objective Intereft : And the fecond is, Worldly Gain or "Proict, which the Apoffle ?An callech [the I, uft of the Eyes] and puts next to the [Luit ofthe Flail.] But I have al- readywritn a Treatife of this by it felf, viz. Of our Cruci- fixionofthe World and therefore I may well forbear it here. CHAP. XL I. Honour andPride, And I. Climbing high, &c. TI T. HE third part of the Objeftive Intereft of Self, is that which goes commonly under the name of Ho- nor ; and is called by the Apoffle, [Pride of Life] and put by him in the third place. And of this I intend, if God will give me time and ftrength, to write alfo a Treatife by it felf, and therefore fhould fay nothing of it here; but only left I fhould not have time to do that which I defire, I fhall briefly name you ten of the Particulars under this head of Honour, whichyou muft deny : that is,Ten wayes wherein men exercife their Pride. r. One workof Pride is to climb higher into place' offupt- riority and honour andcommand. Poor men that are out ofhope, and in no capacity for riling, feel not much of this,: though, the Difpofition to it be in them as well as others becaufe it is, not drawn forth by by temptations. But where opportunity ferveth,, there is nothing wherein felfijhrufs and Pride cloth more constantlyandobftinately thew it felf then in this. It is the Nature of fe/fifhpiefs to afpire after the higheft exaltation iatheworld that call be attained.. We may eafily obkrve G g 3
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