284 Of the Vanity of Man's judgment XI. (hall be light about us , yea, the darknefs bideth not from him, but the night fhineth as the day, the darknefs and the light are both alike to him. But as to the point before us, this makes it very evident, for it !hews the great difference between the judgment of men and the judgment of God in refpe& of certainty and clearnefs ; the former is often falfe, generally uncertain, and always im- peded ; the other is infallible, perfectly dif cerning every thing, every cirçumftance which can add to or evidence real worth in any cha-. rafter or work, and every circumf}ance which can either aggravate or extenuate the ma- Iignity of any evil difpofition or action, Secondly, To how how reafonably and upon juft grounds St. Paul efteemed the judg- ment of men concerninghimfelf a very fmall thing when compared with the judgment of God, we muff confider the importance of the divine approbation or difapprobation in it- felf, and to the purpofes for which the one can be defired and the other feared. That we may the better underftand this, it is ne- ceffary to attend one obvious part of the hu- man conftitution, the defire of honour which is natural to every man, and it feems to be given
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