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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
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16. Self-acquaintance maketh men both Just and Merciful. One cannot be so much as a Good Neighbour without it; not yet a faithful friend. It will teach you to put up injuries, and to forgive; as remembering that you are like to be injurious to others, and certainly are daily so to God; and that it is no great fault that's done against such poor unworthy persons as our selves (if it had no higher a respect then as to us.) It is such only that [with all lowliness, and meekness, and long-suffering forbear one another in love] Ephes. 4.2. & [Recompense to no man evil for evil] Rom. 12.17. & [be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good] ver. 21. He that is drawn to passion and revenge, is overcome, when he seems to overcome by that Revenge. It teacheth us to forgive, to know that much is forgiven us by Christ, or at least, what need we have of such forgiveness. Eph. 4.31, 32. [Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamour and evil speaking be put away from you with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christs sake, hath forgiven you.] O that this lesson were well learnt.
16. Self-acquaintance maketh men both Just and Mercifull. One cannot be so much as a Good Neighbour without it; not yet a faithfull friend. It will teach you to put up injuries, and to forgive; as remembring that you are like to be injurious to others, and certainly are daily so to God; and that it is no great fault thats done against such poor unworthy persons as our selves (if it had no higher a respect then as to us.) It is such only that [with all lowliness, and meekness, and long-suffering forbear one another in love] Ephes. 4.2. & [Recompense to no man evil for evil] Rom. 12.17. & [be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good] ver. 21. He that is drawn to passion and revenge, is overcome, when he seems to overcome by that Revenge. It teacheth us to forgive, to know that much is forgiven us by Christ, or at least, what need we have of such forgiveness.