Gem #13 - Pride in the Saint

There never was a saint yet, that grew proud of his fine feathers, but what

the Lord plucked them out one by one. There never yet was an angel that

had pride in his heart, but he lost his wings, and fell into Hell, as Satan

and those fallen angels did; and there shall never be a saint who indulges

in self-conceit, pride, and self-confidence, but the Lord will spoil his

glories, and trample his honors in the mud, and make him cry out, "Lord

have mercy on me," the least of all saints, and the "very chief of

sinners."