Imitation 1 1410 verses
1Look well unto thyself, and beware that thou judge not the doings of others.
2In judging others a man laboureth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboureth to good purpose.
3According as a matter toucheth our fancy, so oftentimes do we judge of it; for easily do we fail of true judgment because of our own personal feeling.
4If God were always the sole object of our desire, we should the less easily be troubled by the erring judgment of our fancy.
5But often some secret thought lurking within us, or even some outward circumstance, turneth us aside.
6Many are secretly seeking their own ends in what they do, yet know it not.
7They seem to live in good peace of mind so long as things go well with them, and according to their desires, but if their desires be frustrated and broken, immediately they are shaken and displeased.
8Diversity of feelings and opinions very often brings about dissensions between friends, between countrymen, between religious and godly men.
9Established custom is not easily relinquished, and no man is very easily led to see with the eyes of another.
10If thou rest more upon thy own reason or experience than upon the power of , thy light shall come slowly and hardly; for God willeth us to be perfectly subject unto Himself, and all our reason to be exalted by abundant love towards Him.
