Back to series
To Increase Humility
1. Confess your sins to God often, and consider what all that evil amounts to, which you then charge upon yourself. Do not look at them as scattered at large distances in the course of a long life, but unite them into one continued representation. If all our sins and follies were heaped against us, we would certainly appear vicious and miserable. Possibly this exercise really applied to your spirit may prove useful.
2. Remember that we usually criticize others on slight grounds and for little cause, and that one fly is enough to spoil the ointment as far as they are concerned. Since we are so severe to others, let us consider that whatever good they can think or say of us, we can tell them of hundreds of base, and unworthy, and foolish acts, any one of which were enough to destroy someone else’s reputation. So let them destroy our over-high opinions of ourselves. . .
Click here to read the full article (READ PDF).
Jeremy Taylor
ChaplainJeremy Taylor, Chaplain, (1613-1667) served as chaplain to King Charles I, and was imprisoned at least twice by Cromwellian authorities. Holy Living was written in the year after the execution of Charles I, and later became an early influence in the life of John Wesley. The book has been published repeatedly over the years; this version’s language has been modernized for easier access by present-day readers.
Notice: This material is made available for limited use to participants of the C.S. Lewis Institute Fellows programs. Please do not reproduce any of the materials in the Fellows Resources other than for your personal use.
-
Recent Podcasts
Questions That Matter Podcast – Aaron Welty and The Heroics of Weakness
by Aaron Welty, Randy Newman on March 22, 2024The Bible tells us a lot about weakness...Read More
-
James Houston on Prayer and Spiritual Friendship
by James M. Houston on March 22, 2024
-
The Side B Stories – Stephen McWhirter’s Story
by Stephen McWhirter, Jana Harmon on March 15, 2024
-
Recent Publications
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
by Andy Bannister on March 1, 2024There are three major attributes of God that...Read More
-
Artificial Intelligence and Its Impacts on Humanity
by John Lennox on February 13, 2024
-
Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and Wildfires: Why Would God Allow Natural Disasters?
by Sharon Dirckx on February 1, 2024
0
All Booked
0.00
All Booked
0.00
All Booked
20599
GLOBAL EVENT: 2024 Study Tour of C.S. Lewis’s Belfast & Oxford
https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/?event=global-event-2023-study-tour-of-c-s-lewis-belfast-oxford-2&event_date=2024-06-22®=1
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr
2024-06-22
Next coming event
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
GLOBAL EVENT: 2024 Study Tour of C.S. Lewis’s Belfast & Oxford
On June 22, 2024 at 12:00 pmat Belfast, Northern Ireland & Oxford, EnglandCategories
Speakers
Jeremy Taylor
Chaplain
Team Members
Jeremy Taylor
ChaplainJeremy Taylor, Chaplain, (1613-1667) served as chaplain to King Charles I, and was imprisoned at least twice by Cromwellian authorities. Holy Living was written in the year after the execution of Charles I, and later became an early influence in the life of John Wesley. The book has been published repeatedly over the years; this version’s language has been modernized for easier access by present-day readers.