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DISCERNMENT
It is for us, therefore, to judge carefully, and not to think that any opinion will do.
Besides, opinions have influence upon the conduct, and if a man have a wrong
opinion, he will, most likely, in some way or other, have wrong conduct, for the two
usually go together. 134.221
A little excess in right may be faulty. It may be wise to look, but foolish to gaze.
There is a very thin partition sometimes between that which is commendable and
that which is censurable. 1817.16
Before I leave this point, I would urge you earnestly to be careful both as to the man
you hear, and the words of his on which you rest. I beseech any of you who are
attendants here, who are resting yourselves upon my words, to cease that habit. 2250.165
As the good man said to his boy, “My boy, pay as you go.” “Suppose I cannot pay,
father.” “Then, don’t go;” so would I say to you, examine your life as you go. If you
dare not examine an action, or look at it, then do not do it. 2313.297
This shall be an infallible test to you concerning anyone’s ministry. If it is man-
praising, and man-honouring, it is not of God. 2784.294