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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A12480	A learned and godly sermon preached at Worcester, at an assise / by the reverend and learned, Miles Smith ...	Smith, Miles, d. 1624.; Burhill, Robert, 1572-1641.	1602 (1602)	STC 22807; ESTC S1722	29,684	80

these two duties of humility and thankefulnes the whole law the Prophets Evangelistes and Apostles and whatsoever is writen in the booke of God and whatsoever thence is to bee collected may in some sort be referred And therfore for somuch as pride is such a special hin derance to the performāce of these special duties no mervaile if the LORD haue the same in special detestation Adde herevnto that as Tertullian calleth the commandement that God gaue Adam in Paradise matricem omnium praeceptorū Dei the very matrixe or wombe of all the commandements of God and as Theodorit calleth Moses 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a very ocean of all divi●…ty as some haue called Rome epitomē vniuersi an epitome or abbridge ment of the whole worlde so it may bee saide of pride that it is the summe of al naughtines a very sea of it there is no sinne almost but pride doth participate with it It is a kinde of idolatry it maketh a man to bowe to himselfe to burne incense to his owne yarne as the Prophet Habakuk speaketh It is a kinde of sacrilege it robbeth God of his honor even of this honor of sauing vs freely working al our works in vs as Esaie avoucheth It is a kinde of dronkenes it maketh a man to erre from a sound iudgment and to speake and to do things absurdely The proude man is as hee that transgresseth by vvine saith the Prophet Fourthly it is a kinde of murther it slayeth the soule while it maketh it to doate vpon it selfe evē as the ape killeth her young one by clipping it to harde Fiftly it is a very adultery it coupleth vs to another frō the Lord even to selfe conceite If wee saie saith S. Augustine that vvee are anie thing so not giue the glory vnto God adulteri sumus nos amari volumus non spon sum we are plaine adulterers vvee would haue our selues to be loued not the bridegrome Sixtly a false witnes a lying glasse it is making vs beleeue that we are that that we are not fairewhen we are foule 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Loue selfe loue much more maketh those things that are not faire to seeme faire it so blndeth the eie Lastly it is most covetous most envious hunting after ter praise as after a praie and not deining that others shoulde come neare thē within many Leagues Stād a part come not neere mee for I am holier then thou saide those proude Hypocrites in Esaie Thus as Aristotle saith out of Theognis that in iustice all vertues are couched togeather 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 summarily so it may be saide of pride that in it all vices are lapte vp togither as it were in a bundell And therefore God hating every sinne particularely by it selfe and by it selfe he must needes abhorre pride which is a confluence and a collection of them al. Nowe as hee hateth pride vvhich is the daughter of selfe loue as I tolde you so hee hateth al the daughters of pride wherof boasting glotying seemeth to be one of the yōgest worst Sorie crowe sorie egge saide they that iudged the controversie betweene Corax Tisias Like mother like daughter saith Ezechiel so hateful mother hateful daughter may wee say VVhen the Romane souldiers had slaine Maximinus the tyran they made search for his sonne and slewe him also saying Epessimo genere ne catulum quidē relinquēdū of a vile litter not one whelpe vvas to bee saved aliue When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his yonger sonne Ham had done vnto him hee cursed even Hams sonne for Hams offence saying Cursed be Canaan a servant of servants shall he bee c. Stasinus his verdite is remembred by Clemens Alexandrinus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hee that killeth the wicked parent spareth his vngracious brattes is a very foole This iustice appeareth to be in God toward pride her daughters he hateth both the one the other yea he hateth al them that be in loue with either I shal not neede to proue that vaine glory is prides own daughter for that were to proue a crab to come of a crab tree or a blacke berie of a brier or drosse of the corruption of metal or skumme of the vncleanes of the meat What is choler else say they thē the froath of blood spuma sanguinis so what is glorying else but a very froath of pride they froath out their owne shame while they boile vp with their owne praises if vaunting bee in the branch vanity is in the roote that is certaine Al boasting therfore is to be avoided and abhorred as bad fruit of a bad tree if al boasting then boasting of wisedome or strength or riches as it followeth in my text Let not the vvise glory in his wisedome c. Of boasting in general we haue spokē inough already now let vs see more particularely what bee the things that he forbiddeth vs to boast of The prophet setteth downe 3. the first wisdome the second strength the third riches Of these I am to speake in order Quod gene ri attributum est etiam in species redūdat saith Tertullian That which is true in the generall will bee found true in the speciall or particular vvith advantage For as much therfore as I haue proved already that boasting in general is vnlawful I shal not need to proue seriously or amply that it is vnlawful to boast of these particulars wisdome strength or riches only a fleight skimming over the points may serue the turne Of wisedome first this I haue to say that of al the gifts wherewith the Lord doth beautifie the soule of man none seemeth to be cōparable to it sure I am none ought to bee preferred before it For it is the very sterne of our vessel the very sunne of our firmament the verie eie of our head the very hart of our bo dy Where wisedome sittteth at the sterne there matters are ordered in a probable course to a laudable end But where wisedome is wanting there the sunne goeth downe at noone day to vse the Prophets wordes there the light that is in vs is turned into darkenes as Christ speaketh then how great is the darkenes So thought Lactantius Vt sol oculorum sic sapienti●… lumē est cordis humani As the sunne is the light of our eies so the light of our hart is wisedome So thought the Poet. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fieldes townes ships are all managed governed by vvisedome Wisedome therfore is a most precious thing that is certaine the merchādise therof is better then silver the gaine therof is better then golde as Salomon saith but not to bee boasted of for all that And why First because it is not our owne or of our selues as Cyprian saith De nullo gloriandum