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state_n	council_n	king_n	privy_a	1,162	5	9.8102	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85881	The arraignment of pride, or, Pride set forth, with the causes, kinds, and several branches of it: the odiousness and greatness of the sin of pride: the prognosticks of it, together with the cure of it: as also a large description of the excellency and usefulness of the grace of humility: divided into chapters and sections. / By W. Gearing minister of the word at Lymington in Hantshire.	Gearing, William.	1660 (1660)	Wing G430; Thomason E1762_1; ESTC R209642	162,907	286

that was the bread of life is laid in a manger as the food of beasts and the spotless body of this Lamb of God were alike entertained in a manger Men by sin had made themselves unfit for the society of Angels and became like the beasts that perish therefore he seeks us among beasts this was a sign given by the Angel to the Shepherds Ye shall find the child swadled and laid in a manger Luk. 2.12 This sufficiently confuteth all legends that talk of his being born in a cave not far from Bethlehem where they say many miracles appeared to Joseph Chemmit harmon part 1. p. 274. but these are but false and fabulous howbeit they have been received and too much credited by too many of the Antients as Chemnitius sheweth 4. The fourth circumstance of his humility at his birth was the divulging of his birth to a few base and mean Shepherds and here we may see a manifest difference between the wisdom of God and the wisdom of the world for whom do the great men in the world joyn in friendship to them and make of their councils and employ in their affairs Surely no Shepherds and Neate-herds and husbandmen whom their rude education and mean breeding utterly debarreth of all such favours to whom do great men send their Embassadours with news of state not to mean men but to their neighbour Princes peradventure Husbandmen at plough and Shepherds in the field may see a post as he passeth to the Court before the King himself but not any Nobleman shall be made privy to his business till he come to the King to whom he is sent and the news shall be stale before it come to the ears of the vulgar and common people But Christ takes not this course he doth not send his Angel immediately to the Emperours Court nor to Herod Pontius Pilat and the Pharisees and Scribes or any of the chief estates of the Nobility that so they reporting it again might have added the greater credit to it this in worldly wisdom should have seemed a course most convenient but Gods waies are not ours the Angel was sent to these ragged messengers to declare the birth of the Messiah unto rather then to the great ones of the world to shew the humility of him that was sent to save the world and therein to be an example of humility to us CHAP. 32. Christ a great example of humility in his life 2. CHrists great humility appeared in his life if we consider him In a private condition or In his publick condition 1. If we consider him in a private condition his humility is manifest 1. In his tender years by his subjection to Joseph and Mary Luke 2.52 Venerabatur matrens cujus ipse erat pater colebat nutritium quem ip se nutriverat Hieren yet this was not a subjection of necessity but of humility as Ambrose saith in that he that was God was subject to man it was for our example he gave reverence to his mother whose Father himself was he honoured him that gave him nourishment whom he himself had nourished yea we read not that he shewed himself any more abroad after his disputing with the Doctours at twelve years old till he was thirty years old and began to preach being eighteen years after 2. In following a mean trade or calling we must not think he was idle but wrought with Joseph to help get his own and their living Hillary thought he wrought upon the trade of a Smith Hugo thought that they were Masons but Justin Martyr and Basil say they were Carpenters and for this we have Scripture so we have not for the other Matth. 13.35 Those that were equal with Christ in years but whom he far surpassed in wisdom when they see themselves in such sort out-stripped of him say of him in scorn Is not this the Carpenters son and Marke 6.3 Is not this the Carpenter Dr. Jer. Tailor on the life of Christ the son of Mary Some say he was called the Carpenters son while Joseph lived but when Joseph died which was before the publick manifestation of Jesus unto Israel then he wrought in that trade alone by himself and was called no more the Carpenters son but the Carpenter himself as before was said by his own Country-men Christ out of his great humility took this mean calling upon him to leave us an example in this kind to shun idleness and to live in some lawful calling Joseph and Mary were of the blood Royal and nobly born yet things being as they were with them they held it no shame to bring up their son to a mechanical trade the old Patriarchs notwithstanding they were petty Kings yet brought they up their Children either in keeping Cattle or tilling the ground Solon made a law that that Father could challenge no reverence or duty from his son that had not brought him up in some calling whereby he might live and maintain himself and among the Athenians and Egyptians the fashion was that every year every man should appear before the Governours and shew by what means he got his living and all idle persons were banisht and among the Massalians they would admit none into their Cities but such as had trades to live by and maintain themselves What shame can it be for any man to be skilful in some Art Art is no burden Ars non gravat artisicem but even a commendation and commodity to the Artificer this Cato knew therefore he gives this wise Counsel Si tibi sint nati nec opes tunc artibus illos Instrue quo possint inopem defendere vitam If thou no wealth nor riches hast upon thy Children to bestow Instruct them in some Art or Trade from whence a livelyhood may flow And this may be any mans case for wealth may fail had he never so much 2. Consider Christ in his publick and ministerial employment and therein also his great humility will appear 1. In assuming to himself humble titles The title of the Son of man The title of a servant 1. The title of the son of man that is the name by which he usually stileth himself saying Whom say ye that I the son of man am the son of man came to save and seek that which was lost he that vouchsafed to take upon him our nature intituleth himself also by our name 2. The title of a servant and not only so but the condition of a servant he was A servant to God A servant to man 1. A servant to God Behold my servant whom I have chosen Isa 53.11 He came to do such a piece of service as all the Angels in Heaven and men on earth were never able to have performed the greatest work must be done by the greatest servant 2. To man also he was a servant for our sakes it was that he made himself of no reputation and took upon him the form of a servant It had been much for