...first of these, we shall toon, by Divine assistance, obtain more of the last ; and then we may learn " not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think," and not to wish the circle in which we live to do so. We shall become more and more anxious to be right...

...receive it from day to day, not all at once : we receive it as we need it, and as we pray for it. We are not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think : but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. (Rom. xii. 3.)...

...; and that, in this respect, we should be particularly observant of the direction of the apostle, " not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think, but to think soberly." For, though the private interpretation of the Scriptures is a privilege to be...

...are called to walk, first, with all lowliness: to have the mind in us which was also in Christ Jesus, not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think, to be little, and poor, and mean, and vile in our own eyes : to know ourselves as also we are known...

...is humility; for in the very opening of his subject, he VOL. vnr. x prefaces it with an injunction, not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think. To omit to cultivate the spirit in which doctrines are to be embraced, and the temper in which duties...

...in true ideas of our nature and character. It is exactly defined in 139 this precept of Scripture, " not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think, but to think soberly." It does not require that a man of sense and learning should think himself a...

...indispensable prelude, is humility ; for in the very opening of his subject, he prefaces it with an injunction, not to think of ourselves more highly than .we ought to think. To omit to cultivate the spirit in which doctrines .are to be embraced, and the temper in which duties...

...God, bowels of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, and long-suffering." We are exhorted, " not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think, but to think soberly, (mark the expression) according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of...

...except in his own proud conceit. And against this self-righteousness the text cautions us, advising us not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think. But granting this to be the meaning of the text, some will say, What necessity was there for this caution....

...except in his own proud conceit. And against this self-righteousness the text cautions us, advising us not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought to think. But granting this to be the meaning of the text, some will say, what necessity was there for this caution...