Five sermons preached upon sundry especial occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habitFiue sermons preached vpon sundry especiall occasions Viz. 1 The sinners mourning habit

I abhor my self.

I abhorre my selfe.

It is a deep degree of mortification, for a man to abhor himself. To abhor others is easy: to deny others, more easy: to despise others, most easy. But it is hard to despise a mans self: to deny himself, harder: hardest of all, to abhor himself. Every one is apt to think well, speak well, do well to himself. Not only Charity, a spiritual virtue, but also Lust, a carnal vice, begins at home. There is no direct Commandment in the Bible, for a man to love himself; because we are all so naturally prone to it. Indeed, we are bound to love our selves; so much is implied in the Precept; Love thy neighbour as thy self;¹ therefore love Thy self, But Modus praecipiendus, ⟨p. 9⟩ut tibiprosis; so love thy self, as to do thy self good. But for a man, upon good terms, to abhor himself; this is the wonder! He is more then a mere Son of Eve, that does not overvalue himselfe. Qui se non admiratur, mirabilis est: hee that doth not admire himself, is a man to be admired.

It is a deepe degree of mortification, for a man to abhorre himselfe. To abhorre others is easie: to deny others, more easie: to despise others, most easie. But it is hard to despise a mans selfe: to deny himselfe, harder: hardest of all, to abhor himselfe. Euery one is apt to thinke well, speake well, doe well to himselfe. Not only Charity, a spirituall vertue, but also Lust, a carnall vice, begins at home. There is no direct Commandement in the Bible, for a man to loue himselfe; because we are all so naturally prone to it. Indeed, we are bound to loue our selues; so much is implied in the Precept; Love thy neighbour as thy selfe;¹ therefore loue Thy selfe, But Modus praecipiendus, ⟨p. 9⟩