300 Of the Vanity of Man's Judgment. SER M. the tßimony of his * confcience, that in fim. XI. plicity and godly fincerity he had his conver_ /ation in this world, and more abundantly to them wards ; even he was rafhly judged by them, and they hearkened too much to the infinuations of his adverfaries imputing pri- vate and felfifh views to him. The like ill ufage force of the heft men in the world have met with ; and it is often very painful to ingenuous minds, who, confcious of their own innocence, are fenfibly affe ±ed with injurious imputations, But how did the apoftle comfort himfelf under this trouble ? and how (hall other upright chriftians com- fort themf lves under parallel circumftances ? From this weighty confideration, that there lies an appeal to a higher and more righteous tribunal ; that the fentences paffed upon men in the matters of religion and confcience íhall be reviewed by an all- knowing and im- partial judge, who (hall bring forth the righteoufnefs of the upright as the light, and their judgment as the noon -day. The felf- condemning guilty mind, is, indeed, natu- rally diffident, and the juft cenfures of men made a ftrong impreffion upon it, becaufe they are feconded by its own inward re- . z Cor. i. iz. proaches;
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