278 Of the Vanity of Man's Judgment SERM, as to join in cenfuring him, this was a matter. XI. he was not extremely folicitous about, ex- 6"'"cept for their own fakes, for, fays he, with the it is a very fmall thing that I fhould 1.4 judged you, or of man's judgment. Thefe words, not to infift any more on the apoftle's particular circumftances referred to, and his defign in fpeaking them, will bear a general and very ufeful application to All of us, in directing our regards to men, and their judgment, and indeed, in forming our temper and our whole converfations for they contain two confiderations of great, tho' very unequal importance, to the enjoyment of life, and the regulating of our behaviour, the judgment of men, our fellow creatures or fellow chriftians, and the judgment of God. Thefe confiderations, I fay, are both of importance. For, even the judgment of our fellow mortals concerning us and our aEtions, we cannot help finding our hearts in fomé degree affected with ; the inítinfts of our nature determine us fo, and from a refpeft to this judgment, we take many of our mea- fures in life. But to a mind fo conítuted as St. Paul's was, fo thoroughly religious and fátisied from itfelf, that is, from a confciouf; nefs
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