...the temple to pray, and with monstrous pride stood by himself, and said, " God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, nor even as this Publican;" and then he boasted of his good works. But God abhorred thisproud wretch, while he looked with compassion...

...'.•.-..;: t Such is the very candid judgment which Mr. W. forms of the moral and religious character of the Unitarians. How nearly refembling the temper...therefore " be the friend, and aflbciate, of publicans and " finners !" But, be it known to Mr. W. and to all who, like him, are difpofed to condemn their brethren...

...than themselves. Such the Pharisee thought the Publican to be, and therefore says, " God, I thank thee I am not as other men are, nor even as this Publican;" and this is the case of many now: when conscience accuses them of being bad, they presently think of...

...the temple to pray, he must needs trumpet his excellencies into the very ear of Deity ! " Thank God I am not as other men are, nor even as this publican "—This is his litany ! " I fast twice in the week : I give tythes of all I possess"—This is his...

...wretched habit of censoriousness, that he let it come into his very addresses to GOD ; " I thank THEE that I am not as other men are, nor even as this publican." Observe here also how this evil custom loses us entirely the blessing of the forgiveness of sins. The...

...sinner's God, and pride with regard to his poor fellowsinners in the world. " God, I thank Thee that I am not as other men are nor even as this publican!" That is set forth to us as the language of arrogance and presumption, not of the lowly and modest but...

...presentation of the moral of the parable, called " the Pharisee and the Publican." " God I thank Thee, that I am not as other men are ; nor even as this Publican." And, again, " God be merciful to me a sinner." And, then, the contrast, and the application. " I tell...

...transgression ! Now, what is this comparison, after all, but the Pharisee's language ? " God, I thank Thee that I am not as other men are, nor even as this publican." But it was the publican, abashed, self-convicted, smitten in heart, who uttered a prayer for mercy,...

...am chief." Then he contrasted the acknowledgment with the boasting assertion of another Pharisee, " I am not as other men are, nor even as this publican." Maude Linden then sat in judgment on her own profession ; if the root of piety was self-abasement or...

...a distance would not so much as lift up his eyes ; and the Pharisee said, ' God, I thank Thee that I am not as other men are, nor even as this publican. I give tithes of all that I possess, I fast twice in the week;' and so on. And the other beat upon...