The remembrance of what his face is vanisheth as soon as his eye is off the glass; he remembers not the spots he saw in his face, to wipe them off. So he that sees the blemishes of his soul in the glass of the word, and doth not remember them to do them away, looks in that glass (i.e. hears the word) in vain.
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James 1:24
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.