...to all but such as himself, like the pretenders to superior righteousness in the days of Isaiah, " Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for " I am holier than thouV The preliminary description of the attitude of the Publican before he began to pray, the dejected...

...neither indeed can be; nor can the one say with propriety to the other, in reference to this awful fact, Stand by thyself; come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou.! It is the Christian name, and the profession of something called Christianity, by which numbers are...

...generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness.'' They say, " Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou : these are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day." Job ir. 20. 1 John, i. 8. Prov. xxx....

...Hindoostan. Separate seats in House of God. Distinctions at Communion. Separate places in Burial Grounds. ' Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou. Tkese,' (that is, those who thus think and speak,) ' are a smoke in my nose, a jire that burneth all...

...you will, higher walks of art and science, whenever it may seem good for any one of them to exclaim " stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I " am holier than thou." In venturing the foregoing remarks on this question, I beg at once to disclaim all participation in...

...the sentiments of their proud brethren, nor say, as they would have done, to the weeping penitent, " Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou 1 ;" but suffered her to pour forth the faithful emotions of her heart before Him : they thought that...

...presuming on our own superior sanctity, we indulge in that pharisaical spirit towards a brother : " Stand by thyself, come not near to me : for I am holier than thou."* I ought, my dear Sir, to make some apology for having occupied so much of my letters with reflections...

...making no difference of those meats which the law hath made abominably unclean ; LXV. 5. Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. Which, in the pride and scorn of their...

...spiritual pride, which is the most despicable of all pride; and they have done all but actually said, " Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than 1 Eccles. »ii. 8. 2 Prov. xiii. 10. 3 Prov. xxviii. 28. thou." God says, " These are a smoke in my...

...the same time, these men gloried so much in being the peculiar people of the Lord, that they said, Stand by thyself, come not near to me ; for I am holier than tfiou.\\ JEBEMIAH draws them in the very same colours : Though they say, The Lord lieeth, surely they...