That no man can tell how far his own opinions are influenced by tradition and education is unquestionable, and it ought to render us cautious in censuring those of others; and if it is indeed true, that each requires a law peculiar to himself, and that the law in another man's mind is no law to us, it must follow that we can form no idea of another's duty, and that to attempt to censure or direct his conduct, is as unwise as it is presumptuous. And we can account for your inconsistency, only by supposing, that you believe yourself possessed of a faculty heretofore thought to be an attribute of Omnipotence only, and that you also are a searcher of hearts; or that, like Mahomet, you have especial revelations which release you from the obligations which you impose on others. Neither of your positions appear to me to be correct. I believe with one of the most exemplary ministers that the Society of Friends ever produced,[80] that all true Christians are of the same spirit, though their gifts may be diverse; that sincere, upright hearted people in every society who love God, are accepted of him; and that Christianity is a pure principle in the human mind, _which is confined to no forms of religion, nor excluded from any_, where the heart stands in perfect sincerity. Footnote 80: John Woolman, pages 9, 81, 325. These are the opinions of one, who I cannot be mistaken in considering, as of greater authority than yourself; for the history of his life discovers the uniformity of his belief; and the moderation which characterised his language and opinions, sufficiently prove that he adopted in practice the recommendation of a very pious man,[81] "turn your eyes inward upon yourself, for you can hardly exceed in judging your own actions, nor be too cautious and sparing in censuring those of others; and _censuring_, indeed, this deserves to be called, in the worst sense of the word, rather than _judging_; if we consider, not only how unprofitable to any good end, but how liable to infinite mistakes, and very often how _exceedingly sinful_, all such judgments are." Footnote 81: Thomas a Kempis. I am not a member of any Missionary or Bible Society, nor are all the measures pursued by either of them, in accordance with my opinions; but I see among them, men who, by their lives and conversations, evince the purity and uprightness of their motives, and I dare _not judge them, lest I be judged_.