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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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4. Another cause that many Christians are ignorant of their state of Grace, is their ⟨p. 350⟩looking so much at what they should be, an• what others are that have a high degree […] grace, and what is commanded as our duty that they observe not what they have already because it is short of what they ought […] have. We are thus too much about o•••ward mercies too. We mourn more […] one friend that is dead, then we rejoice […] many that are alive: We are more trouble for one mercy taken from us, then comfort•• in many that are left us. We observe […] diseases and our sores more sensibly then […] health. David for one Absalom is so afflicte• that he wished he had dyed for him ▪ though a rebel! when his comfort in Solomon and his other children is laid aside▪ As all the humours flow to the pained place, so do our thoughts as was aforesaid, and so we overlook the matter of our comfort.
4. Another cause that many Christians are ignorant of their state of Grace, is their ⟨p. 350⟩looking so much at what they should be, an• what others are that have a high degree 〈…〉 grace, and what is commanded as our duty that they observe not what they have already because it is short of what they ought 〈…〉 have. We are thus too much about o•••ward mercies too. We mourn more 〈…〉 one friend that is dead, then we rejoyce 〈…〉 many that are alive: We are more trouble for one mercy taken from us, then comfort•• in many that are left us. We observe 〈…〉 diseases and our sores more sensibly then 〈…〉 health. David for one Absalon is so afflicte that he wished he had dyed for him though a rebell! when his comfort in Solomon and his other children is laid aside As all the humours flow to the pained place, so do our thoughts as was aforesaid, and so we overlook the matter of our comfort.