An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

He that knows himself must know himself to be imperfect, seeing our greatest perfection in this life, is, to know our own imperfections. When we see any standing upon their own bottoms, and crying up themselves, poor souls, how are they benighted! How little do they know of their own hearts or lives! How little do they know of God! They are in darkness, therefore they see not their own spots. If a man, whose face is foul or deformed should boast of his beauty, would you not say, this man knows not his own face? Or surely, he hath not looked in a glass to day; May we not much rather say to him, who justifies himself, and saith, He is perfect? Sure you never saw your face in the glass, in that pure Crystal glass of the Word. He that is in Gospel-light ⟨p. 301⟩sees himself, and as light increaseth, so doth his sight of himself. And the more he sees himself, the more evil he sees in himself. In a cloudy day we think the air is clear, but the shining of the Sun, shows us millions of motes in the air: if a man sees no motes in his life (some see not beams there) it is, because he walks in darkness, and hath not the light. He doth not know his own soul. That's a useful interpretation of the words, and the first sense.

He that knows himself must know himself to be imperfect, seeing our greatest perfection in this life, is, to know our own imperfections. When we see any standing upon their own bottoms, and crying up themselves, poor souls, how are they benighted! How little doe they know of their own hearts or lives! How little doe they know of God! They are in darknesse, therefore they see not their own spots. If a man, whose face is foul or deformed should boast of his beauty, would you not say, this man knows not his own face? Or surely, he hath not look'd in a glasse to day; May we not much rather say to him, who justifies himself, and saith, He is perfect? Sure you never saw your face in the glasse, in that pure Crystall glasse of the Word. He that is in Gospel-light ⟨p. 301⟩sees himself, and as light encreaseth, so doth his sight of himself. And the more he sees himself, the more evil he sees in himself. In a cloudy day we think the air is clear, but the shining of the Sun, shews us millions of motes in the air: if a man sees no motes in his life (some see not beams there) it is, because he walks in darknesse, and hath not the light. He doth not know his own soul. That's a usefull interpretation of the words, and the first sense.