454 VtJU.6. An Expo/itio11, withNutes of God in the ftveral palfages of Scripture, that you may rank them in their order; as the Apollle here tbeweth the reafotl whyGod faith , He giveth .;tt,r·ace to the humh!e. l-Ie jdith,J Where cloth God fay fo? Some difference there is about referring this place to the right Scripture, .fr.om whence 'cis tak~n. Someconceive it was .anholy Proverb, or known fenrence among the Jews: But this cannot be; the phrafe, He faith, feem– eth to allude to fom.e paffageof Scripture : Some .refer it t<> Pfa!. I$. ~£. T hou wilt .fav"e the .aifli5ledpeople., -and.bring d~wn the hig-k look.! : But chat is wide; for h-umiJitJ here cloth not ·~mply a low, vile and abject C>Onditio,n, but agr.JtCe and dif}()fitio;, ofthe mind ; and tha t pbce 'Citt d fpeake.th only offavingthe affiic't:edpe~ple: 9f God. Many re.fer it to Qlther gmeral pl.a~es; bu.cmofr probably tt ·hath refped t,Q Prov. _3• H· wheFe ilt is fai\l, s,mely h8 ftonz eth t.!Jefcormrs, .an((J,i v ctYg t,rlt!Ce unto ·the fowl]. T·he ol'lly doub~t 1s, how rtm, he jcorn'fth thefcwners, is here rendered, h:e rejiftet·h tbt proud. I aofwer, •fis done upon good Grol!ll'lds: Partlybecaufe fcorning and contempt of other~S is an immediate effea ofpride : and p:mly becauk'cis [o rendered by the Septuagint, J.,,~~1J.T1~1cu T.-1~ \dfpH~dvot~ · Ar.~d the Apofiles in their Citations ufually br-ought the words of that TranOation, becaufe 'twas mllch in ufe bothamong Jews and other Nations. Some fuppofe fjamr:s aUudetl' ro 'Peter ,1 P-et.;.) ,6,7,8. for this is but an Epitome ofr.hacplace, and wricren after it, and fo he may affert the divineAuthority of that Epifile. But I ru'Aer reil in the formerOpinion. God rcjif}etli the .proud,] d.v111cl.TM~, fiandeth in battel·array, or in dired dtfiance and 0ppofition againfl: them : TheP!oudman hlth his Taffick.f, and God bath his //nti·trrClick.f; the werd lbeweth that there is amutual oppofition between God and the proud : They bring f.ortb their b.analia againH: God, and God his batt.a!ia againit them. And I do the rather note it, becaufe ·in the Proverbs 'ris faid,.L-fe fcn-nerh the fco.rw.er:s: They1light <God, and . G@dOighcetrh rhcm-: J'Viho u 'the Lord.pbat ,J;/htJUtdfear h;m .~And . Wh~Zt u thu .Phomi«Jh ?. They fhmd aloolf ftrom othet:s., and God g Magnum l.•u- from t-hem; Pfa.i. 138. 'j5.. gHr: k.,no:weth t:he prou·daf14r Djf: Jult r~cDii!um 1 ,;tt f{Jj a-s tlhtf al o ochers; thP.y .t'uine ollhers to advance them'felves, aaci fj> CIU, tr• f U • . 11:" 4 ::t.. h rl re & (!!git' aG.o(l{ rwntttbrhetlll: G10d ulll.c4Junt~rac~.etn t e-preu .. te.: Aug. The pr-oud,] lilil l?l~e P'rrl'vtrb>S '10is du fcwwe1"s; (coming .is a great figr.J.ofptide-: .Difdain0f~t~er.s c0m~clliitl>m ovena·luing(Dur · felves
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