The Christian's pattern Author:John Wesley Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: There are many things, to know which, doth little profit to the son). And he is Very unwise that minds any other things, than those that tend to the welfare o... more »f his soul. Many words do not satisfy the soul: but a pure conscience giveth confidence towards God. 3. The more thou knowest, and the better thou understandest, the more grievously shalt thou be 'judged, unless thy life be the more holy. Be.not therefore lifted up ; but rather let the knowledge given thee make thee afraid. If thou thinkest that thou knowest much ; yet there are many more things which thou knowest not. Be not over-wiae, but rather acknowledge thine own ignorance. If thou wilt know any thing profitable, love to be unknown and of no account. 4. The highest and most profitable lesson is the true knowledge of ourselves. It is great wisdom to esteem ourselves nothing, and to think always well and highly of others. If thou. shouldest see another openly sin, yet oiightest thou not t) esteem thyself better than he. We are all frail; but remember, none more frail than thyself. CHAPTRR III. Of the Doctrine of Truth. Happy is he whom truth itself teacheth, not by figures and words that pass away, but by an immediate communication of itself. Our own opinion and our own sense often deceive us, and discern little. What availeth it to dispute about hidden things, for being ignorant of which we shall not be reproved at the day of judgment ? It is great folly to neglect things profitable, and to think of curious or hurtful things. 2. And what have we to do with dry notions ? He, to whom the Eternal Word .speaketh, is delivered from a world of vain notions. From the One Word are all things, and all speak that One: and this is he who also speaketh unto us, No man unde...« less