It is said of Sir Anthony Cope, an English Protestant, that he shamed no one as much as himself in his family prayers. He desired ministers not to favor his faults, but to tell him and spare him not.Triumphing Over Sinful Fear, 102
I wish that I may be so much my own friend, as to esteem a bitter admonition better than the sweetest flattery, and never quarrel at any for waking me out of my spiritual lethary.