Of prudence in our doings
The Following of Christ, in Four Books, 1819, no. IVSource and notes
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Chap. IV.—Of prudence in our doings
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| Printed in | The Following of Christ, in Four Books |
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| Imprint | London, Keating, Brown and Co., 1819 |
| Number | IV |
| Pages | pp. 13–14 |
| Scan | leaf 17, leaf 18 of the Internet Archive copy |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
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We must not be easy in giving credit to every word or suggestion; but carefully and leisurely weigh the matter according to God.
Alas! such is our weakness, that we often more readily believe and speak of another that which is evil: than that which is good.
But perfect men do not easily give credit to every report; because they know man's weakness, which is very prone to evil, and very subject to fail in words.
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It is great wisdom not to be rash in our doings: nor to maintain too obstinately our own opinion.
As also not to believe every man's word: nor presently to tell others the things which we have heard or believed.
Consult with the wise and conscientious man: and seek rather to be instructed by one that is better, than to follow thine own inventions.
A good life make's a man wise according to God, and expert in many things. The more humble a man is in himself, and more subject to God: the more wise will he be in all things, and the more at peace.