Most men will proclaim everyone his own
goodness
As the Pharisee did, in ( Luke 18:11 Luke 18:12 ) ; and as
the Pharisees in common did; who did all their works to be seen
of men, and made clean the outside of the cup and platter; and
were very careful to appear outwardly righteous to men, (
Matthew
23:5 Matthew
23:25 Matthew
23:28 ) . And indeed this is the general cast of men;
everyone is proclaiming his goodness to others, and would be
thought to be good men; and cannot be easy with doing a good
action, unless it is known, and particularly acts of beneficence
and alms deeds; and are like the Pharisees, who, on such
occasions, sounded a trumpet before them, ( Matthew 6:2 ) . And the
word may be rendered, "his mercy" {b}, or his kindness to the
poor: the Targum renders it,
``many of the children of men are called merciful men;''and so the Vulgate Latin version; and they like to be so called and accounted, whether they are so or not; but a faithful man who can find?