Sermons
Sermons
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[ 47 I The pride of birth, in common with every other fpecies of pride, is utterly incompatible with the Chri- fiian character, the very eflcnce of* which is lowlinefs of fpirit ; and in common with every other fpecies of pride, is marked by narrow, and erroneous views of human nature.
The peculiar objections to it are, that birth may frequently prove a^ fource of the mod ferious misfor- tunes ; that, at a certain period of depravity,, it gives fplendour to fbame, and inflames the contempt of m...ankind; that it juftifies the painful fufpicion of being beloved [ 48 3 from name, and not from nature ; that, confidered fingly by itfelf, without the virtues which fome- times do, and are always expected to, accompany it, it is of all caufes of felf-approbation the lead ration- al, and juft.
Though pride be the excefs of felf-approbation, it can only reft ul- timately upon the approbation of others i It is always upon the e- fteem of others, prefent or future, or upon a title to it, conceived to be extremely ftrong, that pride is founded : A proud man may not C 49 J poffefe efteem, but he mud believe that he does poffefs it, or fhall pof- fefs it, during life, or after death, or that he deferves to poffefs it ; for, if he conceives himfelf juftly con- temptible, he muft ceafe to be proud.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
[ 47 I The pride of birth, in common with every other fpecies of pride, is utterly incompatible with the Chri- fiian character, the very eflcnce of* which is lowlinefs of fpirit ; and in common with every other fpecies of pride, is marked by narrow, and erroneous views of human nature.
The peculiar objections to it are, that birth may frequently prove a^ fource of the mod ferious misfor- tunes ; that, at a certain period of depravity,, it gives fplendour to fbame, and inflames the contempt of m...ankind; that it juftifies the painful fufpicion of being beloved [ 48 3 from name, and not from nature ; that, confidered fingly by itfelf, without the virtues which fome- times do, and are always expected to, accompany it, it is of all caufes of felf-approbation the lead ration- al, and juft.
Though pride be the excefs of felf-approbation, it can only reft ul- timately upon the approbation of others i It is always upon the e- fteem of others, prefent or future, or upon a title to it, conceived to be extremely ftrong, that pride is founded : A proud man may not C 49 J poffefe efteem, but he mud believe that he does poffefs it, or fhall pof- fefs it, during life, or after death, or that he deferves to poffefs it ; for, if he conceives himfelf juftly con- temptible, he muft ceafe to be proud.
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