“Be sure to get some Christian friend whom thou mayst trust about others to be thy faithful monitor. O that man hath a great help for maintaining the power of godliness, that has an open-hearted friend that dare speak his heart to him! A stander-by sees more sometimes, by a man, than the actor can do by himself, and is more fit to judge of his actions than he of his own. Sometimes self-love blinds us in our own cause, that we see not ourselves so bad as we are; and sometimes we are over-suspicious of the worst by ourselves, which makes us appear to ourselves worse than we are. Now that thou mayst not deprive thyself of so great help from thy friend, be sure to keep thy heart ready with meekness to receive, yea, with thankfulness, to embrace a reproof from his mouth. Those that cannot bear plain dealing hurt with themselves most; for by this they seldom hear the truth.”
- William Gurnall (The Christian in Complete Armour)
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Great quote about christian accountability. I tried to post this once I dont know if it went through.
Thanks