Thomas Boston, Works, 2:414:
The sinner goes from God by the high-way of pride and self-conceit; but always comes back the low way of humiliation. Grace pulls him down from the seat of the scorner, and lays him at the Lord’s feet; 1 Pet. 5:6, “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” It makes him like Benhadad’s servants, who came to the king of Israel girded with sackcloth, and ropes on their heads, in the most humiliating posture.
The sinner goes from God by the high-way of pride and self-conceit; but always comes back the low way of humiliation. Grace pulls him down from the seat of the scorner, and lays him at the Lord’s feet; 1 Pet. 5:6, “Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.” It makes him like Benhadad’s servants, who came to the king of Israel girded with sackcloth, and ropes on their heads, in the most humiliating posture.
