1 Corinthians 3:18

18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Ver. 18. Let no man deceive himself ] Bis desipit, qui sibi sapit. Consilii satis est in me mihi, said she in the poet. (Arachne up. Ovid, Metam.) Nothing so easy as to overly ween.

Let him become a fool ] Let him come to the well with an empty pitcher, Intus existens prohibet alienum. Agur (if a man may believe him) is more brutish than any man, Proverbs 30:2-3 . See there how he vilifies, yea, nullifies himself before God. So did blessed Bradford, as appears by the subscriptions of many of his letters.