Mic. vi. 8. What doth the Lord thy God require of thee? but to do justly, and to love Mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. James iv. 10. Humble yourselves in the Sight of the Lord, and he fhall exalt you, 1 Pet. 5. 6. 35. Humility toward Men. Prov. vi. 3. Humble thyself, make sure thy Friend. xxv. 6. Put not forth thyfelf in the Prefence of the King, and stand not in the Place of great Men. Ver. 7. For better it is that it be faid unto thee, come up hither, than that thou fhouldft be put lower, Luke 14. 8. 10. Jer. xlv. 5. Seekeft thou great Things for thy felf? Seek them not. Matt. xx. 26. Whofoever shall be great among you, let him be your Minister. Ver. 27. Whofoeyer will be Chief among you, let him be your Servant. Ver. 28. Even as the Son of Man came not to be miniftered unto, but to minifter. Rom. xii. 3. I fay, through the Grace given unto me, to every Man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think foberly, according as God has dealt to every Man the Measure of Faith. Ver. 16. Mind not high Things, but condefcend to Men of low Estate. Eph. v. 21. Submit yourselves one to another in the Fear of God, 1 Pet. v. 5. All of you be fubject one to another, and be ye cloathed with Humility. Phil. ii. 3. In Lowlinefs of Mind let each efteem other better than themselves. 36. Promises to the bumble. Job xxii. 29. God fhall fave the humble Perfon. Pf. ix. 12. God forgetteth not the Cry of the Humble. x. 17. O Lord, thou hast heard the Defire of the Humble, thou wilt prepare their Heart, thou wilt caufe thine Ear to hear. cxxxviii. 9. Though the Lord be high, yet hath he Respect to the Lowly. 12. Prov. xv. 33. Before Honour is Humility, Ch. 18. xvi. 19. Better is it to be of an humble Spirit with the Lowly, than to divide the Spoil with the Proud. xxii. 4. By Humility and the Fear of the Lord, are Riches, and Honour, and Life. xxix. 23. Honour fhall uphold the humble Perfon. Ifa. Ivii. 15. The Lord faith, I dwell with him that is of an humble and contrite Spirit, Ch. 66. 2. Matt. v. 3. Bleffed are the Poor in Spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. xviii. 4. Whofoever fhall humble himself as this little Child, the fame fhall be greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. II. xxiii. 12. Whofoever humbleth himself shall be exalted, Luke 14. James iv. 6. God refifteth the Proud, but giveth Grace to the Humble, Prov. 3. 34. 37. To bumbled Sinners, Promifes to them. Lev. xxvi. 41. If their uncircumcifed Hearts be humbled, and they accept of the Punishment of their Iniquity, Ver. 42. Then will I remember my Covenant, 2 Chron. 7. 14. 2 Kings xxii. 19. Jofiah, because thine Heart was tender and thou haft humbled thyfelf before the Lord, and haft rent thy Cloaths and wept before me, I also have heard thee, faith the Lord. Ver. 20. Behold therefore I will gather thee unto thy Fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy Grave in Peace, and thine Eyes fhall not fee all the Evil which I will bring upon this Place. 2 Chron. xxxii. 25. Hezekiah rendred not again according to the Benefit done unto him, for his Heart was lifted up, therefore there was Wrath upon him. Ver. 26. Hezekiah humbled himself for the Pride of his Heart, fo the Wrath of the Lord came not upon him. See Ahab, 1 Kings 21. 29. Rehoboam, 2 Chron. 12. 6, 7. 12. Manaffeh, 2 Chron. 33. 12. 19. Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 4. 30. to 37. 38. Examples of Humility. Jefus Chrift. Matt. xi. 29. Jefus faid, take Yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in Heart, and ye fhall find Reft unto your Souls. my xx. 28. The Son of Man came not to be miniftered unto, but to minister, and to give his Life a Ransom for many. John xiii. 5. Jefus poured Water into a Bafon, and began to wash the Disciples Feet. Ver. 12. After he had washed their Feet, he said unto them, know ye what I have done unto you? ye Ver. 13. Ye call me Master and Lord, and ye fay well, for fo I am. Ver. 14. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your Feet, alfo ought to wash one anothers Feet. Ver. 15. For I have given you an Example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Phil. ii. 5. Let this Mind be in you which was alfo in Chrift Jesus. Ver. 6. Who being in the Form of God, thought it no Robbery to be equal with God. Ver. 7. Yet made himself of no Reputation, and took upon him the Form of a Servant, and was made in the Likeness of Men. &c. Ver. 8. And being found in Fashion as a Man, he humbled himself, 39. The Elect. Col. iii. 12. Put on as the Elect of God, holy and beloved Bowels of Mercy, Kindness, Humbleness of Mind, Meekness, Long-fuffering, forbearing one another in Love, Eph. 4. 2 40. Humbled Saints. Their Expreffions. Gen. 18. 27. Abraham said, behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord who am but Duft and Ashes. xxxii. 9. Jacob faid, O God, Ver. 10. I am not worthy of the leaft of all thy Mercies, and of all the Truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy Servant. xli. 16. Jofeph faid, it is not in me to give an Answer, God shall give an Answer of Peace, Dan. 2. 30. Exod. iii. 11. Mofes faid unto God, who am I? that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the Children of Ifrael out of Egypt? I Chron. 1 Chron. xxix. 14. David faid, what am I, and what is my People, that we fhould be able to offer fo willingly after this Sort? "All Things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. See 2 Sam. 7. 19. Thou haft spoken of thy Servanc's Houfe for a great While to come, &c. Job vii. 17. Job faid, what is Man that thou shouldest magnify him, and that thou fhouldeft fet thine Heart upon him. viii. 9. We are but of Yesterday and know Nothing, Ch. 4. 19. Crufhed before the Moth. xl. 4. Behold I am vile, I will lay mine Hand upon my Mouth. xlii. 5, 6. Mine Eye feeth thee-wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in Duft and Ashes. Pf. viii. 3. When I confider the Heavens, the Work of thy Fingers, the Moon and Stars which thou haft made, I say, Ver. 4. What is Man, that thou art mindful of him? and the Son of Man that thou vifiteft him? xxxv. 13. I humbled my Soul with Fasting. CXV. 1. Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy Name give Glory, for thy Mercy and for thy Truth Sake. cxliv. 3. Lord, What is Man, that thou takeft Knowledge of him, or the Son of Man that thou makest Account of him? Ver. 4. Man is like unto Vanity. Matt viii. 8. The Centurion faid to Jefus, I am not worthy that thou shouldft come under my Roof. Luke v. 8. Simon Peter faid to Jefus, depart from me, for I am a finful Man, O Lord. xviii. 13. The Publican standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his Eyes unto Heaven, but imote upon his Breast, saying, God be merciful to me a Sinner. Ver. 14. This Man went down to his House justified rather than the other. Acts xiii. 12. The Apostles faid, why look ye upon us, as though by our own Power or Holinefs we had made this Man to walk. Ver. 15. The Name of Jefus, through Faith in his Name hath made this Man ftrong. xx. 18. Serving the Lord with all Humility of Mind, Ver. 19. Rom. vii. 18. I know that in me (that in my Flesh) dwelleth no good Thing. 1 Cor. xv. 9. I am lefs than the leaft of all the Apostles, and am not worthy to be called an Apostle, Eph. 3. 8. 10 me who am lefs than the leaft of all Saints is this Grace given. 2 Chron. iii. 5. Not that we are fufficient of ourselves, to think any Thing as of ourselves, but our Sufficiency is of God. xii. 10. When I am weak, then am I ftrong. Gal, ii 20. I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. Phil. iii. 12. Not as though I had already attained, either were al ready perfect. Ver. 13. I count not myself to have apprehended. Ver. 14. I prefs toward the Mark, for the Prize of the high Calling of God in Chrift Jefus. Pride. 41. Pride againf God. Exod. xviii. 11. The Lord is greater than all Gods, for in the Thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. Compare Exod. 9. 17. Pf. x. 4. The Wicked through the Pride of his Countenance will not feek after God, God is not in all his Thoughts. See Jer. 43. 2. lxxiii. 6. The Pride of the Wicked compaffeth them about as a Chain. Ver. 9. They fet their Mouth against the Heavens, and their Tongue walketh through the Earth. Ver. 11. They fay how doth God know, and is there Knowledge in the most high? Ver. 18. Thou caftedft them down. cxix. 21. Thou haft rebuked the Proud that are cursed, which do err from thy Commandments. Ifa. 14. 4. to 24, See the Pride and Fall of Babylon. 42. Pride against Men. Pf. x. 2. The Wicked in his Pride doth perfecute the Poor, xvii. 10. With their Mouth they speak proudly. Ver. 11. They have compaffed us in our Steps. lxxxvi. 4. O God, the proud are rifen against me, Ver. 17. cxxiii. 4. Our Soul is filled with the Contempt of the Proud. xxviii. 25, The Proud in Heart flirreth up Strife, Ch. 13. 10. 43. Spiritual Pride.-they feem Righteous. Deut. ix. 4. Speak not in thine Heart, faying, for my Righteousness the Lord brought me in to poffefs this Land. 2 Kings x 16. Come fee my Zeal for the Lord, faid Jehu. Ifa lxv iii. A People that provoketh me to Anger continually. Ver. 5. Say, ftand by thyfelf, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou, these are a Smoke in my Nofe, a Fire that burneth all the Day. Luke xviii. 9. They trust in themselves that they are righteous and defpife others. Ver. 11. The Pharifee faid, God, I thank thee that I am not as other Men are, Extortioners, unjuft, Adulterers, or even as this Publican; Ver. 12. I faft twice in the Week, I pay Tythes of all that I poffefs, &c. Rom. x. 3. Being ignorant of God's Righteoufnefs, they go about to establish their own Righteoufnefs. 1 Cor. x. 12. They think they Stand, but should take heed left they Fall. 44. They are proud of their fuppofed Wisdom and Knowledge. Job. xii. 2. No doubt ye are the People, and Wisdom shall die with you. xv. 8. Doft thou reftrain Wisdom to thyself. Bb b Jer. Jer. viii. 8. How fay ye we are wife, and the Law of God is with us? 1 Cor iii. 18. They deceive themselves, they seem to be wife. iv. 6. They are puffed up. Ver. 8. They are full, they are rich, they reign as Kings without their Instructors. viii. 1. Their Knowledge puffeth them up. Ver. 2. They think they know any Thing, when they ought to think that they know Nothing. 2 Cor. x. 12. They commend themselves; but they measuring themfelves by themselves, and comparing themselves, among themselves, are not wife. Ver. 13. They boaft themselves without their Measure. 1 Tim. vi. 4, 5. Proud knowing Nothing, doting about Questions, &c. 2 Tim. 3. 2. Rev. iii. 17. They know not that they are poor and miserable, and wretched, and blind and naked. See Corah and his Company. Numb, 16. 3. 45. The Proud feek Honour from Men. Prov. xxv. 6. 7. They put themselves in the Place of great Men. Matt. xxiii. 6. They chufe the uppermoft Rooms at Feafts, and the chief Seats in the Synagogues, Luke 14. 7. Ver. 7. They love to be called of Men Rabbi, Rabbi. John v. 44. They feek Honour of Men, and not the Honour that cometh from God only. xii. 43. They love the praise of Men more than the praise of God. See Inftances. Haman, Efther. 3. 5.-5. 5. &c. and Naman the Asfyrian, 2 Kings 5. 11 to 15. 46. Threats and Prayers against the Proud. 1 Sam. ii. 3. Talk no more fo exceeding proudly, let not Arrogancy come out of your Mouth, for the Lord is a God of Knowledge, and by him Actions are weighed. Job ix. 13. If God will not withdraw his Anger, the proud Helpers do ftoop under him. xxvi. 12. By his Understanding he fmiteth thro' the Proud. Pf xii. 3. The Lord fhall cut off the Tongue that speaketh proud Things, P. 31, 18.- -40. 4. 17. 13. xxxi. 23. The Lord plentifully rewardeth the proud Doer. xxxvi. 11. Let not the Foot of Pride come against me. lix. 12. Let them be taken in their Pride. xciv. 2. Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the Earth, render a Reward to the Proud, Luke 1. 51. cxxxviii. 6. The Proud the Lord knoweth afar off. Prov. viii. 13. Wisdom faith, Pride and Arrogancy do I hate, Ch. 6. 16, 17. xvi. 5. Every one that is Proud is an Abomination to the Lord. Ver. 18. Pride goeth before Deftruction, and an haughty Spirit before a Fall, Ch. 11. 2. When Pride cometh, then cometh Shame, but with the Lowly is Wisdom. xxi. iv. An high look, a proud Heart, and the plowing of the Wicked is Sin. xxix. 23. A Man's Pride fhall bring him low. Ifa. ii. 1. The lofty Looks of Man fhall be humbled, and the Haughtiness of Men fhall be bowed down, and the Lord alone fhall be exalted in that Day. Ifa. |