VB 1\5:.6• . .An E>::pojition, with Notes leprolie, and fo dyed ~ AtJ?rH~ K1 <1.9upJet~, out ofgrid and forrow ~s J:ojephus faith. Davids n?mbering the people, and glorying m hts own greatnefs, cofi the lives of fevemy tboufand. So He::::,c-, kjah, 2 Chron.z9. 3 2· Wr-ath'¥!''& upon him, and all Judah and 'fe– z:uf'a!tm. Thefe Judgments on pride are fure and refolvcd: A ,:m.ms pride willfurtly bringhim low, ProV.Z9·l3· If they do not vilibly light upon the firjt ptr[on, they overtake the pojlerity; Prov. 15. a). The hou{e of the proud foal/ be dejlroyed: All their aim is to adnnce their houfe and family, but within two or three ages they are utterly wafted ~nd ruined. And I obferve, that Judg. meots on pride are very fbameful, that God may pour the more con– tempt upon them: After pride cometh (harm, Prov,I 1.2. not oo• ly r11ine,bur fhame. Herocl in his royalty eaten up with lice : Pha– r~zoh is nnt afli:mlted with armies, but withgnats and fiies: Mi– riam fmitten with ltprojie, a nafiy and fhameful-difeafe: Goli.t.h the fwdling Gyant faHeth by the cafi of afione out of the fling of~ ruddy youth. · What fhould be the reafon of all this, that God lhould fo expref– ly fee himfelf againfi pride? I anfwer, Becaufe of all fins he hateth this fin, Prov. 16.5. Other fins are more are more hatdul to man, becaufc they bring difgrace,and have more ofbafenefs& turpitude in them; whereas pride feemeth to have akind ofbravery in it: But now the Lord hateth it, becau[e 'cis a fin that fets it,fdf mofi againfi: him. Other -Gns are againf\: Gods Laws, this is againit his Being and $overa£gnty : Pride cloth not .only Withdraw the heart from · God,but lift it up againfi God : 'Tis a direct contention,who lhall .be ackoowledged the Author of bleffing and excellency: The) (et their heart up as the heart of God, E~e~28. 3• Bt~bylon fpeaketh in the name and fiile of God, I am, and there is mme bejide me: · ·So N inive, Z tph. :!.I 5. And as it rifeth againfi his Being,foagainfr his· Providence:, Pride fettech up an Antiprovidence; it enter– taineth croj[es withanger.,. and blejfin._~s withdifdain., and ci~eth God before the tribunal-of its own will. So alfo ~tis the greatefi enemy to Gods Law ; there is pride in every fin : Sinning is inter– 'pretative confronting of God, and deJPijing the Commandm~nt, z Sam. u. 9· T~e. ~iUofthe ·creature.. is fet ?Pt-a~ai'nfi the Crea~or~ . 1 But the fin of pr!de)s mud1 'mfre agamll d1e-~aw' df1 ~d; •c1s a .touchy fin, and cannot ·endurt! the Werd. that:l!eproveth Jt : Other . !ins diflurb Reafon, this humourcth it;Drunkennefs is more patient · - · of
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