And so the Apostle warns us: "Be not desirous of vainglory." [1012] And the Lord, rebuking the Pharisees, says, "How can ye believe, who receive glory from one another, and seek not the glory which comes from God alone?" [1013] Of these too the blessed David speaks with a threat: "For God hath scattered the bones of them that please men." [1014]

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Footnotes:

[1012] Galatians 5:26.

[1013] S. John 5:44.

[1014] Psalm 52.(liii.) 6.