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The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at…
The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at Dunstan's-West and published in answer to the accusations of some and the desires of others / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by R. White for F. Tyton, 1662
THE Mischief of Self-ignorance, AND Benefit of Self-acquaintance. › Part
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I confess, seditions seem to rise from a too great knowledge and regard of our selves, and of our own commodity. Aliquid commune tuum facere, est seditionis & discordiae principium; To appropriate common benefits to our selves, is the spring of discord and sedition. But here as in other things self-seeking cometh from self-ignorance, and tendeth to self-deceit and disappointment. ⟨p. 41⟩The End of contendings answer •ot the promises, that selfishness and passion •ake men in the beginnings.
I confess, seditions seem to rise from a too great knowledge and regard of our selves, and of our own commodity. Aliquid commune tuum facere, est seditionis & discordiae principium; To appropriate common benefits to our selves, is the spring of discord and sedition. But here as in other things self-seeking cometh from self-ignorance, and tendeth to self-deceit and disap•ointment. ⟨p. 41⟩The End of contendings answer •ot the promises, that selfishness and passion •ake men in the beginnings.
Si aeterna semper odia mortales agant Ne caeptus unquam cedat exanimis furor. •ed arma faelix teneat, infaelix pereat. Nihil relinquent bella— Seneca.
And then, —En quo discordia cives Perduxit miseros, en queis consevimus agros.