316 Chap. 3 3. An Expofition upon the Book of J o s. Verf. 17, low, that he himfelfe alone may be exalted He, will not beare it that anyfief?, fhould glory in his preface-; :He thatglorieth, let him glory in the Lord ( Cor: i. zg, 3 r.) God will have his end up- onall felh; and therefore hewill dreadfully glorifie himfelfe up- on thofe, who proudly glory in rhemfelves. Further , The word by which man is expref ed, from whom God hides pride fignifying (as was (hewed) a firong mighty man, the mot} accompli(hedand bel} furni(hedman.. Obferve, Thirdly. Great men, wifemen, rich men, are very fobjefl to and often tarriedaway by pride. God thereforehides pride from them, becaufe they lie fo open to the aifaults of pride; our rifingis oftentimes an occafion of our falling. And that whichGod gives man for his goad , proves ( by reafon of this corruption moflly) his fnare. One of the An., cients fpeaking of Pride, . faith 'tis the greatefl fin for foure reafons. Fir(t, In the antiquity of it, becaufe it was the firfl fin, the Devill'sfin, before manfinned; that finwhich .hefirftdropt in- to man tomake him fall, was the fin bywhich himfelfe fell; he would be higher, and mere then he was, and he provoked man tobe fo too. 'Tisdifputed what was theoriginal of original fin, and the doubt lyeth between two, whether unbeliefe or pride had the precedency in mans fall, (a queflionmuch like that,whe- ther faith or repentance hath the precedencyin his riling) I íhail only (late it thus ; that which appear'd firfl was unbeliefe ; the womanput aperadventure upon the threatning of God in cafe of eating the forbidden fruir. But certainlypride was Contempora- ry with unbeliefe ; man wouldneeds lift up himfelfe beyond the Rate he had, and fo,fell from and 1oí1 that eflate. Secondly , Saiti he, Pride isproduótive of many other fins, 'cis a fountain of fin,x-root of,liin, it nourit'neth,nurfeth,and brim ethup many other fins no man knoweth what fin may be next whenpride is firf1, Thirdly, The grearnefs of the, fin of pride may be argued from the ewer-fpreadingof k ; pride bath infedled many mor- tally ; and who canfay his heart is free fromthis plague , though pollibly it benoc the plague (or fpeciall malter fin) ofhisheart ? Pride
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