7úst?Yorldfy thingsworke, contempt ofCod. 689 hearts, anddothput donne themightie from their feats, exalting théo/ loordegree. And our Sauiour teacheth vs, that hewhoexal- Chapt8t4 teth h,mfetf foalbebrought lav,a rdhe that humbleth hirstflfe,/hal beexalred.As therfore mé lift vp higheft thofe earthenpitchers which they purpofetobreakewith greateft violence,into molt pieces; fothe Lord intending to batter and bruife these fraile perfons puffed vp with pride, cloth lift them vp onhigh, that he may giue them theforer fall. And howfoeuer the Lordwho is chiese iudgc of hcauen and earth, is the punisher of all vice and fin, yet becaufe he execttteth this vengeance more cer-. tainly,and euerely vponproud perlons, therefore theProphet Daurdmaketh it oneofGods attributesand titles, wherebyhe will beknownetobeapuntfherofthem;O thou whodeffroyef Pfal.ug.zt. theproud,and `b¡cked,mhrcherre fromthycommandement r, takea- way fromme!home and contempt, becaufe 1 keepe thy tef imonies. And ashebcareth anextraordinarie hatred unto this fin aboue others, fohe inflieleth on it extraordinarie punifhments;bran- ding it as an hainous and capitali offence,by impofingon it his greateft plagues.For whereas proud menin theirambitious de- Gres would be equal(withGod, the Lord pulleth them downe inhis fiercewrath,and maketh them Idle thenmen; for he ftri- kedt them commonly with frenzie and madneffe, and thereby depriuingthemofthevfe ofreafon,theeflèntiall forme ofman, whereinchiefly his manhood confifleth, and wherebyhe is di- flinguifhedfrom thebratifhcreatures, he maketh them equall Das.4.2,70 with beafls,and fo expofcth them, how great foeuer theywere z8.3.. informer times, to the contempt, derifion, and iniuries ofthe bafefiand meaneft, whobefore heldthem in fuch greatrefpe&&, thatthey couldnotlookeupon them,or Bandin theirprefence, but withmuch feare andreuerence. A plaine examplewhereof we haue in Nebuchadnezer, who forhis pride was driuen from his palace and regall throne, into the wild woods;andmadeof a great monarchand rulerofmen,a companionwithbeafts,and farre worfe thenhis bafeft feruant.And the likewe mayobferuc inmany in ourownetimes, who offending in this finne,areo- uerthrownewith this punishment. For howfoeuerallexcefliue pride isnot thus punifhed (for then -there wouldnot be enow in their right witstoxendand rule. thofewho aremadde) yeta man (hall feldome-fee this punishment following, where cx- Y y cetfiue
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