For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
Ver. 13. For thou hast said in thine heart.] The natural heart is a palace of satanical pride; it is like unto the table of Adonibezek, at which he sat in a chair of state, and made others, even kings, to eat meat like dogs under his feet, with their thumbs cut off.
I will ascend into heaven.] Vide quomodo non satientur honore superbi. a Ambition, as the crocodile, grows as long as it lives, and is never satisfied.
Above the stars of God,] i.e., Above all the kings of the earth, or above the saints, Rev 12:1 those earthly angels.
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation.] I will sit upon the skirts of God's Church; yea, I will set my throne upon God's throne, and take up his room. See the like madness in Pharaoh; Eze 29:3 that proud prince of Tyre; Eze 28:2 Antiochus, surnamed Yεος; Herod; Act 12:21-23 Caligula, Chosroes, Diocletian, Antichrist, of whom and his practices one cries out, O Lucifer out-deviled, &c. 2Th 2:4 One of the Pope's parasites, Valladerius, saith of Paul V, that he was a god, lived familiarly with the Godhead, heard predestination itself whispering to him, had a place to sit in council with the most blessed Trinity, &c.
In the sides of the north.] In Mount Moriah, where the temple stood.
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