Chap. 3 3.. An Expefition upon the Book of o B. Verf. 17. 311 fefh, themeffenger ofSatan to buffer me. Even Paul in that cafe needed a thorn in his fle(h to lec out or prevent the Impofiu- anationofhis fpirit. Some conceive the reafonwhy the Prophet Ezeh;el is fo often called, Son ofMan, was tokeepe him humble, while he had many revelations fromGod. Elevendhly , Some have been proud not only of divine and heavenly, but of diabolicall and helliffi Revelations. We read of one Theudos boafling himfelfe to be Tome body ( AcIs 5. 36. ) This vaine man pretended revelations fromGod, which were. indeed from the Devil! ; And he fwell'd with this conceit, . boafled himfelfe to befume body, that is, he thought himfelfe to be every body ; as if the perfeCcions of all men were Center'd in him, or as if all others were no body, and he himfelfe the only Paine body. The Apoflle ( AC-s 8. 9.) fpeaking of Symon , who Aiyue t had ufed forcery and bewitched the people of Samaria, faith, rtCa £oarov Hegave out that himfelfe real fome.ggrextone.; he fwell'd with Fu}axnr idem. pride from his diabolical! Revelations giving out not only as atq' Lc£yag. p y ( Hinc tUudrin- Theudas) that he was fme body, but that he was fo negreat one..dari;, d s rat Though indeed fora manto report himfelfefamebody, is (asboth n' di Is ns. learned Grecians andLatines noted in the Margin tell ris) to re- uiä ei Ali- port himfelfe aGreat one. And who are greater inpride, then 97"' ? r. e. qui they who make Great reports of themfelves, or report them-:dq re / felves great? óoapapentv._ How great a pronenefs there is in the heart of man to pride, Vmbræfomni- may appeare byall there inftánces; by which it appeares that as um homo Hiner there is much pride abiding inman, fo by all or any of there o - illud. Eflfili " olic jut caftons it is dayly budding out , unief e God hide it from manyegregij vir and nip it in the bud. non emedia Yet here it maybe queftioned; Whence it cometh topaffe, turbaout tome that man is fo prone to pride ? or what is the fpring of it ? fetus. Er il(úrle I anfwer; Fir 1, Pride fprings from. Inordinate felfe-love, Fàc ut me ve a Tim: 2. Men all be lovers of their own ;elves Covetous IN e/fe áliquem. , 3 ) Ìh f > > s Gic: Lib 3. ád Baaflers, Prowl. They that are undue lovers of themfelves, or Atticum in love with themfelves, they prefentlygrow proud of them- pill: sa. felves. Selfe-love, and felfe-flattery; are glaffes inwhich ifaman look uponhimfelfe, he appears double towhat he is , or mtTch: greater then what he really is. Selfe-love is a multiplying, yea, and a magnifyinggleffe, .'Tis dangerous to fee our felves through our ovine felfe-love ; That fight of felfe affe6}s the heart with
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