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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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So Rom. 14.1, 2, &c. & 15.1, 2. Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye — who art thou that judgest another mans servant? Why dost thou judge thy brother, and why dost thou set at nought thy brother? We shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ. — Every one of us shall give account of himself to God — We then that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please our selves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. So Gal. 6.1, 2. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thy self lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one another's burden, and so fulfil the Law of Christ.]
So Rom. 14.1, 2, &c. & 15.1, 2. Him that is weak in the faith, receive ye — who art thou that judgest another mans servant? Why dost thou judge thy brother, and why dost thou set at nought thy brother? We shall all stand before the judgement seat of Christ. — Every one of us shall give account of himself to God — We then that are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please our selves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. So Gal. 6.1, 2. Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirit of meekness, considering thy self lest thou also be tempted. Bear ye one anothers burden, and so fulfill the Law of Christ.]
So also men are foully and frequently mistaken, when they are zealously contending against their faithful Pastors and their brethren, and vilifying others, and quenching love, and troubling the Church, upon pretence of greater knowledge or integrity in themselves: which is notably discovered and vehemently pressed by the Apostle,