Well may it be called the divine nature, for as God brings light out of darkness, &c., so doth grace.īut transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. As Moses’ hand, it turns a serpent into a rod and as the tree that Moses cast into the waters of Marsh, it sweeteneth the bitter waters of affliction. So godliness hath many troubles, and as many helps against trouble. No country hath more venomous creatures than Egypt - none more antidotes. Many are the troubles of the righteous, but out of them all they are sure to be delivered. ] As Noah’s integrity prevailed for his safety. The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them. Pro 11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in naughtiness. Fie, quoth he, will not death be hired? will money do nothing? b His riches could not reprieve him.īut righteousness delivereth from death. a Wherefore should I die, being so rich? said that wretched Cardinal Henry Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester, in Henry VI’s time. 2Ki 24:14 The great Caliph of Babylon, whom all the Mohammedan princes honoured above all others, as the true successor of Mohammed, and the grand oracle of their law, being taken together with his city by the great Cham of Tartary, was by him set in the midst of his infinite treasure, and willed to feed thereon, and make no spare in which order, the covetous wretch, being kept for certain days, miserably died for hunger, in the midst of those things, whereof he thought he should never have enough. Zep 1:18 Isa 13:7 Yea, they carried away the richer Jews, when the poorer sort were left to till the land. ] Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath. Pro 11:4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. Hence humility is by Bernard compared to the violet, which grows low to the ground, and hangs the head downward, and, besides, hides itself with its own leaves. The hmnble man, were it not that the fragrant smell of his many virtues betrays him to the world, would choose to live and die in his self-contenting secrecy. Exo 7:1 Aben Ezra observes, that the word here rendered "lowly," signifies "bashful," "shame faced," Qui prae verecundia sese abdunt, that thrust not themselves into observation. ![]() Who am I? saith Moses and yet who fitter than he to go to Pharaoh? He refused to be Pharaoh’s daughter’s son he was afterwards called to be Pharaoh’s god. ![]() But "God gives grace to the humble" Jam 4:6 that is, as some sense it, good repute and report among men. Pride proceeds from folly, and procures contempt. Proud persons, while they leave their standing and would rise above the top of their places, fail of their footing, and fall to the bottom.īut with the lowly is wisdom. He is a "proud fool," saith our English proverb. ] Where pride is in the saddle, shame is on the crupper, tanquam Nemesis a tergo. Proverbs 11:2 pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly wisdom.
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