The treasury of David - v. 6 Author:Charles Haddon Spurgeon Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the slothful man, is rather an enemy to himself than to God ; but the proud man sets himself against God, because he doth against his laws ; he maketh himself eq... more »ual with God, he-cause he doth all without God, and craves no help of him ; he cxalteth himself above God, because he will have his own will though it be contrary to God's will. As the humble man saith, Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but to thy name give the glory, Pa. cxv. i. ; so the proud man saith. Not unto Him, not unto Him, but unto us give the glory. Like unto Herod which took the name of God, and was honoured of all but the worms, and they showed that he was not a god, but a man, Acts xii. 21. Therefore proud men may be railed God's enemies, because as the covetous pull riches from men, so the proud pull honour from God. Beside, the proud man hath no cause to be proud, as oiher sinners have ; the covetous for riches, the ambitious for honour, the voluptuous for pleasure, the envious for wrong, the slothful for case ; but tho proud man hath no cause to be proud, but pride itself, which saith, like I'haraoh, " I will not obey," Exod. v. "¿.—Heury Smith, 1560—1591. Verse 21.—"Proud that are cursed."—Proud men endure the curse of never having friends ; not in prosperity, because they know nobody ; not in adversity, because then nobody knows them.—John Whiteerou, in "Anecdotes illustrative of the Old Testament." Verse 21.—This use of God's judgments upon others must we make to ourselves ; first, that we may be brought to acknowledge our deserts, and so may fear ; and, next, that we may so behold his justice upon the proud that we may have assurance of his mercy to the humble. This is hard to flesh and blood ; for some can be brought to rejoice at the destruction of others, and cannot fear ; and others, when they ...« less