urn your eyes upon your own self, and do not judge the deeds of other men. In judging others a man labors in vain, often errs, and easily sins,but in judging and examining himself, he always labors fruitfully.
We often judge of a thing according to how we fancy it; for through private affection we easily lose true judgment. If God were always the pure intention of our desire, we should not be so easily troubled through the repugnance of our own feelings. But often something lurks within, or else meets us from without, which draws us after it. Many secretly seek themselves in what they do, and know it not. They seem also to live in good peace of mind, when things are done according to their will and feeling. But if things happen otherwise than they desire, they are immediately distressed and unhappy.
From diversity of feelings and opinions dissensions often arise between friends and countrymen; between religious and devout persons.† An old habit is abandoned with difficulty† and no man is willing to be led farther than he himself can see. If you rely more on your own reason or industry, than on that power which brings you under obedience of Jesus Christ, seldom and slowly will you be a man illuminated, because God wills us
