exzcerpt from here: https://www.sermonindex.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=10733&forum=34&94Proud people tend to speak of other's sins, the miserable delusion of hypocrites, the deadness of some saints with bitterness, or the opposition to holiness of many believers. Pure Christian humility, however, is silent about the sins of others, or speaks of them with grief and pity. The spiritually proud person finds fault with other saints for their lack of progress in grace, while the humble Christian sees so much evil in his own heart, and is so concerned about it, that he is not apt to be very busy with other hearts. He complains most of himself and his own spiritual coldness and readily hopes that most everybody has more love and thankfulness to God than he.""One under the influence of spiritual pride is more apt to instruct others than to ask questions. Such a person naturally puts on the airs of a master. The eminently humble Christian thinks he needs help from everybody, whereas the spiritually proud person thinks everybody needs his help. Christian humility, under a sense of others misery, entreats and beseeches, but spiritual pride commands and warns with authority."-Jonathan Edwards- Spiritual Pride
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This article is an aid to humility. Thank you sir for posting it. I printed it and will read it from time to time as a reminder. The Lord knows how best to humble each one of us if only we will yield to Him and His ways. The road to humility is a very hard one and few will travel on it. The few that do are the few with true joy! God Bless you!
The style of this writing does not match anything I have read of Jonathon Edwards. It sounds very similar to the pride vs humility piece Gerhart de Toit quotes in cadence, word usage and style. This piece was likely written by someone else.
This truly is an excerpt from Jonathan Edwards' "Spiritual Pride", though, it most definitely has been abridged and considerably modernized from verbiage of the original manuscript.
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