Ifa. ii. 12. For the Day of the Lord of Hofts fhall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up, and he shall be brought low. Ch. 5. 15, 16.-26. 5. xiii. 11. I will caufe the Arrogancy of the Proud to cease, and will lay low the Haughtinefs of the Terrible. xxiii. 9. The Lord hath purposed it, to ftain the Pride of all Glory. Ifa. xxv. 11. He fhall bring down their Pride. xxviii. 1. Woe to the Crown of Pride. Jer. xiii. 15. Hear ye and give Ear, be not proud for the Lord hath fpoken. Ver. 16. Give Glory to the Lord your God before he cause Darkness, and before your Feet itumble on the dark Mountains. Ver. 18. Dan. iv. 37. Those that walk in Pride, he is able to abase. Zeph. ii. 10. This fhall they have for their Pride. Ver. 11. The Lord will be terrible unto them. Mark vii. 22. Out of the Heart proceed Pride, Foolishness, and these defile the Man. Ver, 23. Rom. i. 28. God gave them over to a reprobate Mind who did not like to retain God in their Knowledge. Ver. 29. Being filled with all Unrighteousness. Ver. 30. Proud, Boafters, &c. 1 John ii. 16. The Luft of the Flesh, the Luft of the Eye, and the Pride of Life, is not of the Father but is of the World. Arrogancy. 47. Arrogancy. 1 Sam. ii. 3. Let not Arrogancy come out of your Mouth. Prov. viii. 13. Pride and Arrogancy and the evil Way do I hate, faith Wisdom. Ifa. xiii. 11. I will cause the Arrogancy of the Proud to cease, faith the Lord. Loftinefs. 48. Loftiness. Pf. lxxiii. 8. The Wicked fpeak loftily. Prov. 30. 13. Ver. 18. Thou caftedft them down to Destruction. cxxxi. 1. Lord, my Heart is not haughty, nor mine Eyes lofty. Haughty. 49. Haughty. 2 Sam. xxii. 28. Thine Eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayft bring them down. Ezek. 16. 50. Prov. xviii. 12. Before Destruction the Heart of Man is haughty. Ch. 16. 8. Ifa. iii. 16. Because the Daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with ftretched forth Necks. Ver. 17. The Lord will fmite them with a Scab, &c. Ifa. xiii. 11. I will lay low the Haughtiness of the Terrible. Ch. 10.33. Zeph. iii. 11. Thou shalt no more be haughty. Mic. 2. 3. 50. Exalting ones self. Pf. lxvi. 7. Let not the rebellious exalt themfelves. Pf. 140. 8. B b b 2 Prov. Prov. xvii. 19. He that exalteth his Gate feeketh Destruction. Matt. xxiii. 12. Whofoever exalteth himself fhall be abafed. Luke 14. 11. 2 Theff. ii. 4. The Man of Sin and Son of Perdition, opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or is worthipped. Ver. 8. Whom the Lord will confume with the Spirit of his Mouth, and fhall destroy with the Brightnefs of his Coming. 51. Lifting up one's felf. Deut. viii. 11. 14. Beware thine Heart be not lifted up and thou forget the Lord thy God. Ver. 11, 12. 17. xvii. 18. The King fhall write him a Copy of the Law. Ver. 19 He fhall read therein, that he may learn to fear the Lord his ́ Cod. Deut. xvii. 20. That his Heart be not lifted up above his Brethren. 2 Chron. xxvi. 16. When Uzziah was strong his Heart was lifted up to his Destruction, for he tranfgreffed against the Lord his God. Ch. 25. 19. 20. Pf. lxxxiii. 2. They that hate thee have lifted up the Head. Pf. 93. 3. 1 Tim. iii. 16. A Bishop muft not be a Novice, left being lifted up with Pride he fall into the Condemnation of the Devil. See Prov. 30. 32. 52. Magnifying one's felf. Pf. xxxv. 26. Let them be clothed with Shame that magnify themfelves. Pf. 38. 16-55. 12. Lam. 1. 9. 53. Glorying. Jer. xlix. 4. Wherefore glorieft thou, O back-fliding Daughter, that trusted in her Treasures? Ver. 5. Behold I will bring a Fear upon thee, faith the Lord of Hofts, from all that are about thee. Prov. xxv. 27. For Men to fearch their own Glory, is not Glory. 1 Cor. i. 27. God hath chofen the foolish Things of the World, to confound the Wife, and weak Things to confound the Mighty. Ver. 28. And bafe Things and Things that are defpifed, and Things that are not, hath God chofen to bring to nought Things that are. Ver. 29. That no Flesh should glory in his Prefence. iii. 21. Let no Man glory in Men. Ch. 5. 2.6. iv. 7. Who maketh thee to differ, and what haft thou, that thou didft not receive, now if thou didst receive it, why didft thou glory as if thou hadst not received it? 2 Cor. v. 12. Some Glory in Appearance. xi. 18. Many Glory after the Flesh. xii. 5. Of myself will I not Glory, but in mine Infirmities. Gal. v. 26. Let us not be defirous of Vain-glory. Phil. ii. 3. Let nothing be done through Strife and Vain-glory. iii. 19. Some glory, whofe Glory is their Shame. James iii. 14. Glory not, and lie not against the Truth. Prov. xxvii. 2. Let another Man praise thee, and not thine own Mouth, a Stranger and not thine own Lips. Ch. 25. 27. 12. 5. Boasting. 2 Cor 54. Boafting. 2 Kings xx. 11. Let not him that girdeth on his Ar mour boaft himfelf as he that putteth it off. Pf. x. 3. The Wicked boasteth of his Heart's defire. James 3.5. xlix. 6. They boast themselves of the Multitude of their Riche Luke 12. 16. to 20. Pf. lii. 1. They boaft of Mischief. Pf. 94. 47 Prov. xxvii. 1. Boaft not thyself of to morrow. James 4. 14, 15, 16. Rom. i. 30. The Wicked are proud, Boafters, &c iii. 27. Boafting (againft God,) is excluded by the Law of Faith. Eph. ii. 8. 9. Ye are faved through Faith, not of Works, left any Man fhould boaft. Scorning. 55. Scorning. Pf. i. 1. Blessed is he that fitteth not in the Seat of the Scornful. cxxiii. 4. Our Soul is filled with the Scorning of thofe that are at Eafe. Prov. i. 22. How long, ye fimple ones, will ye love Simplicity, and the Scorners delight in their Scorning, and Fools hate Knowledge? iii. 34. The Lord fcorneth the Scorners, but he giveth Grace to the lowly. ix. 7. He that reproveth a Scorner getteth to himself a Blot. xiv. 6. A Scorner feeketh Wisdom, and findeth it not. xxi. 11. When the Scorner is punished, the Simple is made wife. Ver. 24. Proud and haughty Scorner is his Name that dealeth in proud Wrath. xxii. 10. Caft out the Scorner and Contention fhall go out, yea, Strife and Reproach fhall cease. xxiv. 9. The Scorner is an Abomination to Men. xxix. 8. Scornful Men bring a City into a snare. Ifa. xxviii. 14. Hear the Word of the Lord ye fcornful Men, that rule this People. Ver. 15. 16. Hof, vii. 5. The King stretched out his Hand with Scorners. 56. Threats against Kings and Nations of the foregoing Characters of Pride, Haughtiness, &c. Pharaoh, Exod. 9. 17. Ch. 10. 11. 14. 27. Neh. 9,10, 11. Ezek. 29. 15. Ifa. 19. 11. 22. to 36. Compare, Ifa. 37. 23. Ifa. 10. 5. Affyria, 2 Kings 19. to 17.-14. 4. to 24. 30, 31, 32.-5. 20. Ifrael. Neh. 9. 16. 6. 7. 17. 27. 29. Ifa. 9. 8. to 18. Judah, Jer. 13. 9. to 27. Tyre, Ifa. 23. 8. 9. Ezek. 28. 2. to 18. Hof. 5. 5. 13. Zech. 9. 3. 4. Zeph. 2. 8. to 15. Ammon, Jer. 49. 16. Edom, Ezek. 35. 13. Obad, Ver. 4. 12. 15. Of Marriage. 57. Of Marriage. Gen. i. 27. God created Man, Male and Female. Matt. 19. 45. Gen. Gen. ii. 18. The Lord faid it is not Good that the Man fhould be alone, I will create him an Help-mate for him. Ver. 23. Adam faid of the Woman, this is Bone of my Bone, and Flesh of my Flesh. Ver. 24. Therefore fhall a Man leave his Father and his Mother, and fhall cleave unto his Wife, and they fhall be one Flesh. 1 Cor. 11. 12. John ii. 1. There was a Marriage in Cana of Galilee. 1 Cor. vii. 2. To avoid Fornication, let every Man have his own Wife, and every Woman her own Hufband. See Ver. 9. 28. 36. ix. 5. Have we not Power to lead about a Wife as well as other Apostles, and as the Brethren of the Lord and Cephas? 1 Tim. iv. 1. In the latter Times fome fhall depart from the Faith. 1 Tim. iv. 3, Forbidding to Marry. v. 14. I will therefore that the younger Women Marry, bear Children, &c. Heb. xiii. 4. Marriage is Honourable in all, and the Bed undefiled, but Whoremongers, and Adulterers God will judge. 58. Divorce was permitted by the Law of Moses. Deut. 24. 1. to 4. 59. Divorce was Disapproved. Mal. 2. 15. 60. Divorce is exprefly forbidden in the New Teftament. Matt. xix, 4. Jefus faid, he which made them at the Beginning, made them Male and Female; Ver. 5. For this Cause shall a Man leave Father and Mother, and cleave unto his Wife, and they shall be one Flesh. Gen. 2. 24. I Cor. 6. 16. Eph. 5. 31. Ver. 6. What therefore God hath joined together, let not Man put afunder. your Ver. 8. Mofes because of the Hardness of Hearts fuffered you to put away your Wives, but from the Beginning it was not fo. Ver. 9. Ifay unto you whofoever fhall put away his Wife, except it be for Fornication, and shall marry another, committeth Adultery, and whofo marrieth her that is put away doth commit Adultery. Ch. 5. 32. Whofoever shall put away his Wife faving for the Caufe of Fornication causeth her to commit Adultery. Rom. vii. 2. The Woman which hath an Husband, is bound by the Law to her Husband so long as he liveth. Ver. 3. If while her Husband liveth fhe be married to another Man, fhe fhall be called an Adulterefs, but if her Husband be dead the is no Adulterefs, though fhe be married to another Man. 1 Cor. vii. 10. Let not the Wife depart from her Husband. Ver. 11. Or if she depart let her remain unmarried, or let her be reconciled to her Husband: And let not the Hufband put away his Wife. Ver. 34. 61. Of Marriage with Unbelievers. 2 Cor. vi. 14. Be ye not unequally yoked together with Unbelievers. Ver. 15. For what part hath he that believeth with an Infidel? Ver. 17. Wherefore come out from among them and be ye separate, faith the Lord. 62. The Jews were forbidden to make Marriages with the Heathen Inbabitants of Canaan, left they should be thereby enticed to Idolatry. Exod. xxxiv. 16. Take Heed, left thou take of their Daughters unto thy Sons, and their Daughters make thy Sons go a whoring after their Gods. Deut. vii. 3. Thy Daughter thou shalt not give unto his Son, nor his Daughter fhalt thou take unto thy Son. Ver. 4. For they will turn away thy Son from following me. Jof. 23. 12. 13. See Inftances of fuch unhappy Marriages, Judg. 3. 5. to 8. 1 Kings 11. I. to 12. Ezra 9. 2. 12. II. Reformed. Neh. 13. 23. to 27. This Sin reformed. Ezra 10. 2, 3. 63. The embracing of Chriflianity did not diffolve Marriage already contracted with Unbelievers. 1 Cor. vii. 12. If any Brother hath a Wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. Ver. 13. The Woman that hath an Husband that believeth not, and if he be pleafed to dwell with her, let her not put him away. See concerning this Matter, to Ver. 17. 64. The Hufband his Duties. Prov. v. 18. Rejoice with the Wife of thy Youth. Eccl. 9. 9. Ver. 19. Be thou ravished always with her Love. Ch. 19. 14. 18. 22. 1 Cor. vii. 3. Let the Husband render to the Wife due Benevolence, likewife alfo the Wife to the Husband. Ver. 4. The Wife hath not Power over her own Body, but the Husband, likewise also the Husband hath not Power over his own Body, but the Wife. Ver. 5. Defraud not one another. Eph. v. 23. The Husband is the Head of the Wife, even as Chrift is the Head of the Church. Eph. v. 25. Husbands love your Wives, even as Chrift loved the Church. Ver. 28. So ought Men to love their Wives, even as their own Bodies. Ver. 33. Let every one of you love his Wife, even as himself. Col. iii. 19. Hufbands love your Wives, and be not bitter against them. 1 Pet. iii 7. Husbands dwell with your Wives according to Knowledge, giving Honour unto the Wife as the weaker Veffel, and as being Heirs together of the Grace of Life, that your Prayers be not hindered. Ver. 9. 65. The Wife, ber Duties. Prov. xi. 16. A gracious Woman retaineth Honour. xii. 4. A virtuous Woman is a Crown to her Husband, but she that maketh ashamed is as Rottennefs in his Bones. xiv. I. Every wife Woman buildeth her House, but the foolish plucketh it down with her Hands. Ver. 14. A prudent Wife is from the Lord. Prov. xxxi. 10. Who can find a virtuous Woman? for her Price is far above Rubies. Ver. 11. The Heart of her Husband doth safely truft in her. Ver. 12. She will do him Good, and not Evil all the Days of her Life. See to the end of this Chap. J Cor. |