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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	monarchy_n	pride_n	usher_v	120	3	16.4125	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77593	Ton anexichniaston plouton [sic] tou Christou. The unsearchable riches of Christ. Or, Meat for strong men. Milke [for] babes. Held for th in twenty-two sermons from Ephesians 3.8. By Thomas Brookes, preacher of the Word at Margarets New-Fishstreet.; Anexichniastoi ploutoi tou Christou	Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.	1657 (1657)	Wing B4919; Thomason E841_8	318,122	353

blinder of hearts the turner of Medicines into Malladies and A world of instances out of Histories might be given if it were needful further to evidence this truth Remedies into diseases 'T is the Originall and root of most of those notorious Vices that be to be found among the Children of men It was pride that put Herod upon seeking the blood of Christ 'T was Pride that put the Pharisees upon the persecuting of Christ 'T was Pride that made Athaliah destroy all the seed Royall of the house of Judah that he might reigne 2 Chron. 21. 10. 'T was Pride that put Joab upon murdering perfidiously under colour of friendship Abner 2 Sam. 3. 27. and Amasa 2 Sam. 10. 9 10. Zimri out of Ambition to Reigne murdered Elah his Lord 1 Kings 16. 8 9 10. Omri out of Pride and Ambition to Reigne rose up against Zimri and enforced him to burne himselfe in the Kings Palace 1 Kings 16. 18. 'T is Pride that hath ushered in all the contentions that be in Townes Cities Countries Families and Pulpits throughout the world It was Pride and Ambition to Reigne that put Absalom upon pursuing his Fathers life from whom he had received life It is very remarkeable that the Pride and Ambition of Nebuchadnezzar did usher in the destruction of the Assyrian Monarchy And the ambition and pride of Cyrus that did usher in the overthrow of the Babylonian Monarchy And the ambition and pride of Allexander was the cause of the annihillation of the Persian Monarchy And it was the pride and ambition of the Roman Commanders was the cause of the utter subversion of the Grecian Monarchy There is no tongue that can expresse nor heart that can conceive the horrid sins and miseries that pride hath ushered in among the Children of men All sin will downe with a proud heart that is resolved to rise Great sins are no sins with such a soule he makes nothing of those very sins that would make the very Heathen to blush The second Proposition that I shall lay downe concerning Pride is this Where Pride hath possest it selfe throughly of the soule it turnes the heart into steele yea into a rock As you may see in Pharoah pride turned his heart into Proud soules are of his mind that said Non persuadebts etiam si persuaseris Though you do convince me yet will I not be convinced steele yea into a very rock God strikes againe and againe he sends plague upon plague and yet the more he is plagued the more he is hardened His pride turn'd his soule into a Rock he is no more sensible of the frownes of God the threatnings of God the plagues the strokes of God then a Rock Pride had heardened his heart he stirs not he yeilds not It was the pride of Saul that turned his heart into steele I have sinned saith he yet honour me before the people God gave him many a blow many a knock and many a check and yet after all Honour me before the people Oh how desperately 1 Sam. 15. 30. was his heart hardened in Pride In Dan. 5. 10. Nebuchadnezzers mind saith the Text was hardened in pride He saw the vengeance of the Almighty upon his Predecessors and God took him up and lasht him till the blood came and yet he made nothing of it because his heart was hardened in Pride Pride sets a man in opposition against God Other sins are aversions from God but this sin is a coming against God In other sins a man flies from God but in this sin a man flies upon God James 4. 6. God resisteth the proud A man doth not resist another till he is set upon the Traveller doth not resist untill such time as the Thief sets upon him Saith the Text God resisteth the proud It intimates thus much to us That the proud heart sets upon God himselfe and therefore God resists him The Greek word is Antitasetai he places himselfe in Battell array against the proud God brings forth his Battalia against the proud and they bring forth their Battalia against God A proud heart resists and is resisted this is duro durum flint to flint fire to fire yet in the day of Gods wrath the proud shall be burnt up as stubble both branch and root Mal. 4. 1. The third Proposition concerning Pride is this Pride is a sin that shales forth and shewes it selfe not one way but many wayes For instance First Sometimes it shewes it selfe in the lookes Prov. 6. 17. he tells you of seven things that the Lord hates and one Profuto oculis animus inhabitat Plin. is A proud look The Hebrew word there is The haughty eye The haughty eye God hates Mens hearts usually shew themselves in their eyes Psal 131. 1. Mine heart is not haughty nor mine eye lofty There be such who shew pride in their very looks but the Lord looks aloof at them Psalme 138. 6. Secondly Sometimes Pride shewes it selfe in words Dan. 4. 30. Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the Kingdome by the might of my power and for the honour of my Majesty And in Chap. 3. 15. Who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands It was a very proud saying of one Coelum gratis non accipiam I will not have Heaven but at a rate And of another Wee have not so liv'd and deserved of God that the Enemy should vanquish us These were the proud ones that spake loftily and that set their mouths against the Heavens as the Psalmist speaks Psal 73. 6 8 9. comp And such a one was Henry the Second hearing that his City Mentz was taken he used this proud blasphemous speech I shall never love God any more that suffered a City so deare to me to be taken away from me Such a proud wretch both in words and actions was Senacherib as you may see in Isa 27. from the 8 verse to the 18. Thirdly Sometimes Pride shewes it selfe in the habit of the body So Herod's pride appeared Acts 12. 21. Herod was arrayed in Royall Apparrell In cloath of silver saith Josephus which being beaten upon by the Sun-beams dazzled the peoples eyes and drew from them that blasphemous Acclamation It is the voyce of God and not of man The people being most commonly like the Bohemian Curres that used to fawne upon a good Sute So the Rich man Luke 16. 19. was cloathed in Purple 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and in Silke He was commonly so cloathed it was his every-dayes weare as the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Greek word implyeth But here a Question may be askt May not persons habite themselves according to their dignities ranks and places that God hath put them in in the world I answer They may and ought so to doe if God hath lifted them up in the world above others they may wear better Apparrell then others Gen. 41. 42. Esth 6. 8. Psal 45. 13 14. 2 Sam. 13. 18. Lam.