Judge not others
The first hindrance he cautions us against is judging. Judge not, so that you will not be judged. Judge not others, so that you will not be judged by the Lord, so that you will not bring vengeance on your own heads. For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged, and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you again: a plain and equitable rule, by which God permits you to determine for yourselves in what manner he shall deal with you in the judgment of the great day.
1771 text
4. The first hindrance he cautions us against is judging. Judge not, that ye be not judged. Judge not others, that ye be not judged of the Lord, that ye bring not vengeance on your own heads. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again: a plain and equitable rule, whereby God permits you to determine for yourselves, in what manner he shall deal with you in the judgment of the great day.
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Sermon 30 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 7:1-12.
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