2i4 q.S61f deceit- fulnefl'c. R.Shanméfull a bafe,neniof man. Se f exaltation deceivedand abafed, toufneffe to gold and filver , luxury to flcfhly delights, &c. Onely pride oppofeth it felfe againff God and ufuurps that unto it /elfe Which is proper to God. I fay, unto you (faith Bernard) that every proud man exalts hinfelfeabove t od,fer God Will have his will to be -done, and the proud man wi/lhave -.his will to to done, but God only in things which. right and reljeri doth approve, the rvissl man in things which are .betide and againfi both right and reafon; man- doth very tharnefoily abafeCod ±;y exaltinghimfelfe and his own will, above the word and will of God: 7. Self-exaltation- deceiveth, making man thinke himfelfe wife, when he is ignorant ;holy, when he is profane,; free; when he is, captive; full, when he is enipty : It makes man appeare unto himfelfe to be another theta in deed he, is. Like him in the Prophet that dreamed he had eaten, and was full, but when he awakened he found himfelfe empty : No man mòre apt to be deluded then he that is felt-conceited and defiroi s to be applauded. 8. This likewifeJhamefullyabafethrnan, makes him thecon- -fort andvery habitation ofSatan. God dwels with the hum- ble, Satan with the proud, whomt,oireffteth, Satan pof- Lefheth, the more a man doth exalt himfelfe again(} God, the more he loth abafe himfelfe under Satan, the more Cod with-drawes hinifelf from him, thenearer Satandraw- eth to h,m, the more God, abhorres him, the more delight Satan takes in him ; and therfore the proud man is not unt.t'y termed by one, sarnbracabox Samna, a fhadow fet by Satan agair,ft the. Sun of Righteoufneffe, driving the of grace,from.him, and making hiinfelfè a fhadow for Satan to sleep and reif in. 'Ò how dishonourable, bate and fliamefall is their condition, who feeke their owrie honour with Gods dithonour : Hee that mot} magnifies himfelfe above ethers, is the molt :bah of all others : He alone that puts himfelfe airdall that is his under (kill is tru-- ly honourable. ; he that exalts hinfelfe and denyes obedi- -ence to Chtift ismoft bafe and contemptible; _he that is not Gods holy and,gracious,fervant is Satans fh rnefull andunhap- py Have. g. And
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