The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at…

Yea, did but Hearers know themselves, they would perceive their danger from remoter principles, that mention the dealing of God with others. When they hear of the judgement of God upon the ungodly, & the enemies of the Church, they would say [Except I Repent, I shall likewise perish] Luke 13.3, 5. When they hear that [Judgement must begin at the house of God] They would infer [What then shall be the end of them that obey not the Gospel of God?] And when they hear that [The Righteous are scarcely saved] They would think [Where then shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?] 1 Pet. 4.17, 18.

3. If you know not your selves, you cannot be Christians: you cannot have a practical ⟨p. 98⟩belief in Christ: For he is offered to you in the Gospel, as the remedy for your Misery; as the ransom for your enthralled souls; as the propitiation for your sin, and your peace-maker with the Father; without whose merit, satisfaction, righteousness, and intercession, your guilty souls can have no hope. And can you savingly value him in these respects, if you know not that sin and misery, that guilt and thraldom, in which your need of Christ consisteth? Christ is esteemed by you according to the judgement you pass upon your selves.

3. If you know not your selves, you cannot be Christians: you cannot have a practical ⟨p. 98⟩belief in Christ: For he is offered to you in the Gospel, as the remedy for your Misery; as the ransome for your enthralled souls; as the propitiation for your sin, and your peace-maker with the Father; without whose merit, satisfaction, righteousness, and intercession, your guilty souls can have no hope. And can you savingly value him in these respects, if you know not that sin and misery, that guilt and thraldom, in which your need of Christ consisteth? Christ is esteemed by you according to the judgement you pass upon your selves.