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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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And he that entirely giveth up himself to God, doth with himself surrender all that he hath in desire and resolution. As ⟨p. 267⟩Christ with himself doth give us all things, Rom. 8.32. and addeth other things to them that seek first his Kingdom and its Righteousness, Matth. 6.33. so Christians with themselves do give up all they have to Christ.
And he that giveth up himself to God, will live to God: And he that taketh not himself to be his Own, will take nothing for his Own: but will study the interest of his Lord, and think he is best disposed of when he honoureth him most, and serveth him best, 1 Cor. 6.19.20. [Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods.
And he that giveth up himself to God, will live to God: And he that taketh not himself to be his Own, will take nothing for his Own: but will study the interest of his Lord, and think he is best disposed of when he honoureth him most, and serveth him best, 1 Cor. 6.19.20. [Ye are not your own, for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorifie God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods.
If any of you devote not your selves unfeignedly to God, and make it not your first enquiry, what God would have you be and do, but live to your selves, and yet think your selves in a state of Life, you are mistaken, and do not know your selves. What abundance might easily see their miserable condition in this discovery! Who say in effect [our lips are our own: Who is Lord over us?