For we always seem to ourselves righteous and upright and wise and holy — this pride is innate in all of us — unless by clear proofs we stand convinced of our own unrighteousness, foulness, folly, and impurity (The Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 37)
From a new blog of Puritan Quotations
Right on. I’m so wise I knew that, even before that guy said it. I thank you that I am not like other men…