684 Mt afirndsnceof ivy-Icily thin1teartfethpride. malefaEtor, and worthie of mofi punifhment, who hath moll goods inhispoflèflìon,ifhe hath compaffed them by theft, and by defrauding othersofthat which in right belonged to them. 4.Seci.3. The fift finagaìnfl God accompanying pro(peritie &world- Thatworldly a- lyabundance,is pride,wherby men are ready to adua nce them. hondanais the fillies cucn againf+God,and to grace themfelues by his di(ho_ caufeefpridea nor: for whereas the morewe are inriched withGods biellings, =°inJl Ged themore humble we fhould be votohim, as flauding indebted to hisboúty in fuch great fums (for what haue we thatwe haue not recciued?and what haue we recciued,ofwhichwe fhallnot oneday glue anaccount ?) yet fo foolifh we are, that the more we are indebted,the morewe infult in pride, and that not only towards thole, withwhomwe (land upon equal! tearmes, but cuentowardsGod himfeltewho isour creditour,and may eue- ryhoure call vs toa reckoning and condeunnevs for default of payment. Thus thePfalmifl obferueth,that pride&plentiedid Ptalme 17.1o. commonly go together.They are(faithhe) inclefedin their own., far,and theyhancfpokenproudlywith theirmouth. And elfewhere he faith, that becaufe wicked worldlings were not introuble like other men,but flourifhedin all plenty and profperitie,ther- PL 1mc 73.6.9 fore theyput onpride asachaiseabout theirnecks,elicemin g it no difgracevnto them,butachicleornament: and not content to carriethemfelues aloft in this highpitch amongfl men,theyare ready (ache faith) to talke prefumptuoufly againfl God,and to fet their mouchesagainflheauen. The which praótifc we alto may obferue in our times, among the ruffling gallants ofthe world,whohauing binalwaies surfed in the lapof prolperi:ic, andhad all thingswhich theirhearts could wifh, are readie in lieuofthäkfulnes towards God, to defpite himas it wereto his face, and to pull himout ofhis throneby their oathes,blafphc. mies, andbitterexecrations. Whereby it appeareth that pride berdereth vpon profperitic, and that thefe worldly vanities, though theydo nottruly nourifhvs,and make.vsgrow infub- Rantiall goodnes, yet they puff vs vp, andmakevs fwdl with the windeofvaineglorie; & thegreater our earthlyabundance is, the greater commonly is our tumour, and confequently the greater isour torment this fpiritual fwellingbeing to the foule, Like the (wellingofwind ro thebodie, which (as I haue íhew. ed) torcureth,but doth notfatisfe:ycafoforcible isthis prolpe_ rit
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