?'hat Worldly thing:caul; nfanyeuilrto our neighbours. 709 by they are fo fwelled and puffed vp, that they arc much greater in their owne conceit, then they were before, and thinke all their gifts and good parts though neuer fo meaneand fuperficiail,offuch worth and excellencie,that no man may be compared with them. So that a man than di- fcerne a meruellous alteration in the fameperfon, inrefpeól ofhis different efface andcondition; for whereas when hee was butofineane qualitie, or touched with Come afióiion, he washumble, affable,and ful ofcourtefe; when the croffe isremooued,and he aduanced,flourifhing in profperity,and euenwallowing inhis abundance; prefentlyhis cariage and behauior is quite changed; and nowhe fwellethwith pride, ouerlooketh all that meete him, fcarce vouchfafetha fide glance,or a complemental falutationunto thofe,with whom formerly he was moil familiar, and will fcarceknow hisbef} benefaólors, left his proud heart fhould be difquiered, whi-. left bee isforced to remember that hee was beholding; or thofe ofhis acquaintance, who were formerly muchbetter then he, left his pride fhould receiue any checke,whilefl he isput inmind,thathe was anvnderling. Which ashe would haue all men to paffe by, without taking notice ofit; fo would bee faine (ifit were poffible) forget it himfelfe, and hauehismemory in thisasvnfaithfull and flippery,ashisho- neflie and friendfhip, that fo his pride mightgoe with full failes,andwithoutany occafion of blufhing,carry it felfe in- folentlyand difdainefully in al his courfes. It is true that all men areproudby nature,vntill grace do fubdue it,andbring humility; butyet there are many, who make no fhewof it mameane efiate,wanting meanes and opportunity,which might,as it were,fet fire to the powderoftheir corruption. And as the Serpent may bee fafely handled when hee is fliffe and benummed with cold, though all his poifon be flilHnhim ; but beginneth to hif a when bee feeleth the leaf}warmth,and is ready to flingthofe,whenhe is through.. ly heated, who for pitie tooke him vp and put him into their bofoms : fo this poifon ofpride lurketh fecretlyand Iieth hid inmens hearts, when it is pinched,and, as it were, Zz 3 benummed
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