secret complacency his grandeur and magnificence, saying to himself, "Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?[1] While he thus, in the haughtiness of pride arrogated all the glory to himself; a voice from heaven declared to him that his kingdom was departed from him, that he should be driven from men, and his dwelling be with the beasts of the field, until he knew that the Most High ruled in the kingdoms of men and gave them to whomsoever he would. This proud spirit which refuses to acknowledge its dependance upon the Creator, the holy scriptures every where assure us is an object that God abominates: while on the other hand, the spirit manifested by the apostle, he highly approbates. "God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."[2]
Gaius, in behalf of whom the apostle
