Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

First, If so be that there appear any evil in others, if the evil be not apparent in other men, a Lowly heart will be ready to judg the best of any one, and ⟨p. 561⟩think there is more good secretly. If there appear but a little good, yet it will be ready to think that others have more good in secret then he hath himself, I know how little good I have in secret in mine own heart, saith a lowly Soul, Well, but I do not know but such and such may have a great deal more good in secret then I have, their thoughts may be more holy, more spiritual then mine, not so wandering in Duties as mine are, I have no Reason to think any in the world have so many wandering thoughts, and such uncleanness and filthiness in their thoughts as I have. It is ready to think, that the affections of others are a great deal more clean then his, and more Heavenly and spiritual, and prepared more for holy duties, and that their hearts are in a better temper in holy Duties then his is. And if so be that there be any good done by others, he is ready to think, that surely there is in them better principles, that acts better in their minds then there is in me, they do such and such good things, I and their hearts are more sincere, and are carried on by divine principles in what they do, I am conscious to my self of a great many of base and vile principles that act in me, I know no such evil in others, and therefore I am to hope that there is not the like in them as there is in me. If he sees any good in another, a lowly heart is ready to think that there are other things correspondent to the good that doth appear unto him, as there appears such a good thing, so there is all other things answerable unto that good that doth appear, but as for it self it says, I find though I do something that is good, Yet I am conscious to my self that there is a great deal of non-correspondency in me, that though there be such and such particular good things yet other things are not answerable unto that that doth appear.

First, If so be that there appear any evil in others, if the evil be not apparent in other men, a Lowly heart wil be ready to judg the best of any one, and ⟨p. 561⟩think there is more good secretly. If there appear but a little good, yet it will be ready to think that others have more good in secret then he hath himself, I know how little good I have in secret in mine own heart, saith a lowly Soul, Well, but I do not know but such and such may have a great deal more good in secret then I have, their thoughts may be more holy, more spiritual then mine, not so wandring in Duties as mine are, I have no Reason to think any in the world have so many wandring thoughts, and such uncleanness and filthiness in their thoughts as I have. It is ready to think, that the affections of others are a great deal more cleane then his, and more Heavenly and spiritual, and prepared more for holy duties, and that their hearts are in a better temper in holy Duties then his is. And if so be that there be any good done by others, he is ready to think, that surely there is in them better principles, that acts better in their minds then there is in me, they do such and such good things, I and their hearts are more sincere, and are carried on by divine principles in what they do, I am conscious to my self of a great many of base and vile principles that act in me, I know no such evil in others, and therefore I am to hope that there is not the like in them as there is in me. If he sees any good in another, a lowly heart is ready to think that there are other things correspondent to the good that doth appear unto him, as there appears such a good thing, so there is all other things answerable unto that good that doth appeare, but as for it self it saies, I find though I do somthing that is good, Yet I am conscious to my self that there is a great deal of non-correspondency in me, that though there be such and such particular good things yet other things are not answerable unto that that doth appear.