Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased: and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.—Matthew, xxiii. 12.
All of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.—I. Peter, v. 5.
He that high growth on cedars did bestow,
Gave also lowly mushrooms leave to grow.
In Haman’s pomp poor Mardocheous wept,
Yet God did turn his fate upon his foe:
The Lazar pined while Dives’ feast was kept,
Yet he to Heaven, to hell did Dives go.
We trample grass, and prize the flowers of May,
Yet grass is green when flowers do fade away.