Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament

⁶ But men are easy and ready enough to inflict injuries, and hard to seek for reconciliation. Ask pardon, says one, of him whom you have offended, of him whom you have injured. He answers, “I will not so humble myself.” But now if you despise your brother, at least give ear to your God. “He that humbles himself shall be exalted.” Will you refuse to humble yourself, who hast already fallen? Great is the difference between one who humbles himself, and one who lies on the ground. Already do you lie on the ground, and will you then not humble yourself? You might well say, I will not descend; if you had first been unwilling to fall.