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A treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at KidderminsterA treatise of self-denial. By Richard Baxter, pastor of the church at Kederminster
London: printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons, 1675
Treatise › Chapter 55: Q. Whether it be a denying our Relations?
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CHAP. LV. Q. Whether it be a denying our Relations?
Quest. 5. Whether Self-denial consist in denying of Natural or Contracted Relations, as of Father and Mother to Sons and Daughters, of Brothers and Sisters Husband and Wife, Master and Servant, Prince and People, Pastor and Flock?
Quest. 5. WHether Self-denial consist in denying of Natural or Contracted Relations, as of Father and Mother to Sons and Daughters, of Brothers and Sisters Husband and Wife, Master and Servant, Prince and People, Pastor and Flock?
Answ. You might as wisely imagine that self-denial lieth in hating or denying any of Gods Works, even the frame of nature: or in denying food and raiment to our bodies, or in denying our own lives so as to cut our throats. For the same Law of Nature that made me a man, and requireth me to preserve my life, did make me a son, and require me to love and honour my parents: And it is in the Decalogue; the first Commandment with promise, as the Apostle calleth it, Ephes. 6. 2. It is frequently and expressly commanded in Scripture, ⟨p. 339⟩that children love, honour, obey their parents; and terrible curses are pronounced on the breakers of these Commands,