A Supplement to the Morning-Exercise at Cripple-Gate; Or, Several More Cases of Conscience Practically Resolved by Sundry Ministers - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1674. Excerpt: ... judging and self-abhorring, that you would have little cyse so despisi? others, and much cause of compassion towards others. Judge of others as you would do of your selves and your own Actions. It is worth our consideration, what a great difference there i$ between the Judgment men pass upon themselves,and other men.As for themselves, all their Errors are but small mistakes, and all their sins against God, however attended with ougly circumstances of light, of consent of the will, custom, and allowance, yet they are but sins of Infirmity, if themselves may be Judges in their own Cause: Their injuries to men are but small and trivial offf nces j and they do indeed expect both from God and Man a Pardon of course, which if they have not, they judge God to be harsh and severe, Men to be cruel and implacable 5 But when they come to pass Judgment upon other Men, the Tables are turned, some mistakes arc damnable delusions, and all their sins against God, which they can observe, are evidences of a naughty heart, and inconsistent with Grace, and the Offences of others against them are inexcusable and intolerable, great affronts and Indignities whereas on the contrary, thou fhouldest, as it was said of a great Man, Be severe to thy selfyand Candid to others: Because thou knowest more wickedness by. thy self, and more aggravation of thy own fins, than of all the fins that are in the World. But at least all the reason and Justice in the World requires this, that thou shouldest weigh thy self and others in the fame Balance, thlt th@u (houldest try thy own and their Actions by the fame Touch-stone y and more need not be done. Thou who art so prone to flatter thy self, wouldest certainly be more indulgent to other men, and pass a more favourable construction upon their...

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