But there is another thing to be observed here, and it turns to us for searching and warning. Jesus judged righteous judgment. He did not try either persons or circumstances in reference to Himself. That is where we commonly fail in our judgments. We see objects, whether persons or things, so much in our light. How have these circumstances affected ourselves? how have these people treated us ? These are the inquiries of the heart :and in the answer they get, the judgment is too commonly formed. We are flattered into good thoughts of people, and slighted into hard ones. Jesus was not such an One. The Pharisee's complaint and good fare in Luke 14:did not affect His judgment on the whole scene in his house. The friendliness of a social hour could not relax the Tightness of His sense of things ; as Peter's recent confession, on another occasion, did not hinder the rebuke that Peter's worldliness deserved. Jesus was not flattered. Like the God of Israel in old times, His ark may be boasted in, and brought into the battle with a shout, but He is not to be flattered by this; Israel shall fall for their unrighteousness. What a lesson for us ! What reason have we to guard against the judgments of self love ! against the trying and weighing of things and persons in relation to ourselves ! This firm, unswerving mind of Jesus may be our encouragement, as well as our pattern in this ; and we may pray that neither "this world's flattering nor spite" move us from having our thoughts as before the Lord all the day. J. G. B.