The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomized together with a description of the heavenly and…The monster of sinful self-seeking, anatomizd together with a description of the heavenly and…

Quest. How shall I know whether I prefer in my judgement, affections, or conversation, my own outward interest, before the interest of Christ and the Gospel?

Quest. How shall I know whether I preferre in my judgement, affections, or conversation, my owne outward interest, before the interest of Christ and the Gospel?

Answ 1. If the seeking of thine own things take up the first, best, and most of thy time. If thy marrow and strength of thy Soul, go out after them, if thou makest them thy [Greek or Hebrew], thy Primum quaerite, and unum necessarium, and the things of Christ, thy [Greek or Hebrew], and idle hour. If the seeking of thine own, make thee neglect the things of Christ, or seek after them negligently, this a sign that thou dost over-value and over-affect thine own things, and undervalue, and dis-affect the things of Christ.

Answ 1. If the seeking of thine own things take up the first, best, and most of thy time. If thy marrow and strength of thy Soule, goe out after them, if thou makest them thy 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, thy Primum quaerite, and unum necessarium, and the things of Christ, thy 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and idle houre. If the seeking of thine own, make thee neglect the things of Christ, or seek after them negligently, this a signe that thou dost over-value and over-affect thine owne things, and undervalue, and dis-affect the things of Christ.