For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a mirror:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
He shall be compared to a man The sense is, that it is not enough for a man to examine and look into his interior, and the state of his conscience in a negligent and superficial manner, no more than one that goes to a looking-glass, but does not take care to take away the dirt or spots which he might discover. (Witham)
