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IVstifie not thy selfe before the Lorde, (saith Sirach) for he knoweth thy hart.
Neyther boast thy selfe at any time of thy good deedes, least thy euill be also layde to thy charge.
For, hee that prayseth himselfe, is not al∣lowed; but he whom the Lord prayseth.
Besides, he that supposeth himselfe to be righteous, falleth thereby vnaduisedly from his hope in God; & by trusting too much to his owne merrites, looseth the cōfidence
he should haue in his Creators mercy.
Resembling the folly of the foolish-brag∣ging Pharisee, which entred into the tem∣ple with the Publican to pray.
But S. Paule teacheth vs better wisedom by his owne example, where he saith: * I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth mee, is the Lord.
Ecclus, 7, 5,
Pet. Lomb.
2, Cor. 10, 18.
Fulgosius.
Luke, 18, 11
1, Cor, 4, 4,