The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at…

Hast thou a carnal, dead, unconverted heart? art thou a presumptuous, careless, worldly wretch? Hast thou these ⟨p. 142⟩beams in thy own eye? and art thou fit to quarrel with others that are better then thy self, about a Ceremony or a Holy day, or a circumstance of Church-Government or Worship, or a doubtful controverted opinion? and to be pulling these motes out of thy Brothers eye? (Yea, rather wouldst pull out his eyes, to get out the mote:) First get an illuminated mind; and a renewed sanctified heart; be acquainted with the Love of God, and of his Image; and cast out the beam of infidelity, ungodliness, worldliness, sensuality, malice and hypocrisy, from thine own eye; and then come and play the Oculist with thy brother, and help to cure him of his lesser involuntary errors and infirmities. Till then the beam of thy sensuality and impiety will make thee a very incompetent Judge, of the mote of a different opinion in thy brother. Every word that thou speakest in condemnation of thy brother, for his opinion or infirmity, is a double condemnation of thy self for thy ungodly, fleshly life. And if thou wilt needs have judgement to begin at the house of God, for the failings of his sincere and faithful servants, it may remember thee to thy terror what the end of them shall be that obey not the Gospel of God: And if you will condemn ⟨p. 143⟩the righteous for their lamented weaknesses, where think you the ungodly and the sinner shall appear? 1 Pet. 4.17, 18.

Hast thou a carnal, dead, unconverted heart? art thou a presumptuous, careless, worldly wretch? Hast thou these ⟨p. 142⟩beams in thy own eye? and art thou fit to quarrel with others that are better then thy self, about a Ceremony or a Holy day, or a circumstance of Church-Government or Worship, or a doubtfull controverted opinion? and to be pulling these motes out of thy Brothers eye? (Yea, rather wouldst pull out his eyes, to get out the mote:) First get an illuminated mind; and a renewed sanctified heart; be acquainted with the Love of God, and of his Image; and cast out the beam of infidelity, ungodliness, worldliness, sensuality, malice and hypocrisie, from thine own eye; and then come and play the Oculist with thy brother, and help to cure him of his lesser involuntary errors and infirmities. Till then the beam of thy sensuality and impiety will make thee a very incompetent Judge, of the mote of a different opinion in thy brother. Every word that thou speakest in condemnation of thy brother, for his opinion or infirmity, is a double condemnation of thy self for thy ungodly, fleshly life. And if thou wilt needs have judgement to begin at the house of God, for the failings of his sincere and faithfull servants, it may remember thee to thy terror what the end of them shall be that obey not the Gospel of God: And if you will condemn