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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.
When we are doing Justice, or showing mercy, in giving alms, or exhorting the ungodly to repent, or doing any other work of Piety or Charity, we little think how much of selfishness is secretly latent in the bent and intention of the heart.
When we are doing Justice, or shewing mercy, in giving alms, or exhorting the ungodly to repent, or doing any other work of Piety or Charity, we little think how much of selfishness is secretly latent in the bent and intention of the heart.
When we think we are defending the truth and cause of God, by disputing, writing, or by the sword; or when we think we are faithfully maintaining on one side order and obedience against confusion and turbulent disquiet spirits, or the Unity of the Church against division; or on the other hand that we are sincerely opposing Pharisaical corruptions and hypocrisy, and tyranny, and persecution, and are defending the purity of Divine worship, and the power and spirituality of religion; in all these cases we little know how much of carnal self may be secretly unobserved in the work.
When we think we are defending the truth and cause of God, by disputing, writing, or by the sword; or when we think we are faithfully maintaining on one side order and obedience against confusion and turbulent disquiet spirits, or the Ʋnity of the Church against division; or on the other hand that we are sincerely opposing Pharisaicall corruptions and hypocrisie, and tyrannie, and persecution, and are defending the purity of Divine worship, and the power and spirituality of religion; in all these cases we little know how much of carnal self may be secretly unobserved in the work.
But above all others, Christ himself, and the Holy Ghost that searcheth the hidden things of the heart, hath warned one sort