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684 Mt afirndsnceof ivy-Icily thin1teartfethpride. malefaEtor, and worthie of mofi punifhment, who hath moll goods in hispoflèflìon,ifhe hath compaffed them by theft, and by defrauding others ofthat which in right belonged to them. 4.Seci.3. The fift fin agaìnfl God accompanying pro(peritie & world- That worldly a- ly abundance,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 more we are inriched with Gods biellings, =°inJl Ged the more humble we fhould be voto him, as flauding indebted to hisboúty in fuch great fums (for what haue we that we haue not recciued?and what haue we recciued,ofwhich we fhallnot one day glue an account ?) yet fo foolifh we are, that the more we are indebted,the morewe infult in pride, and that not only towards thole, with whom we (land upon equal! tearmes, but cuentowards God himfelte who is our creditour,and may eue- ry houre call vs to a reckoning and condeunne vs for default of payment. Thus thePfalmifl obferueth,that pride & plentie did Ptalme 17.1o. commonly go together. They are (faith he) inclefedin their own., far,and they hanc fpoken proudlywith their mouth. And elfewhere he faith, that becaufe wicked worldlings were not in trouble like other men,but flourifhed in all plenty and profperitie,ther- PL 1mc 73.6.9 fore they put on pride as a chaiseabout their necks,elicemin g it no difgracevnto them,buta chicle ornament: and not content to carriethemfelues aloft in this high pitch amongfl men,they are 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 of the world,who hauing bin alwaies surfed in the lap of prolperi :ic, and had all things which theirhearts could wifh, are readie in lieu of thäkfulnes towards God, to defpite him as it wereto his face, and to pull him out ofhis throne by their oathes,blafphc. mies, and bitter execrations. Whereby it appeareth that pride berdereth vpon profperitic, and that thefe worldly vanities, though they do not truly nourifh vs, and make.vs grow infub- Rantiall goodnes, yet they puff vs vp, and make vs fwdl with the winde of vaine glorie; & the greater our earthlyabundance is, the greater commonly is our tumour, and confequently the greater is our torment this fpiritual fwelling being to the foule, Like the (welling of wind ro the bodie, which (as I haue íhew. ed) torcureth,but doth not fatisfe:ycafoforcible is this prolpe_ rit