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The duty of self-denial briefly opened and urged. By Thomas Watson, minister of the…
The duty of self-denial briefly opened and urged. By Thomas Watson, minister of the Gospel
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1675
THE DUTY OF SELF-DENIAL. › Chapter 1: A Preliminary discourse, wherein the Proposition is Comprised.
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These words are dropped from the lips of Christ, the ORACLE of TRUTH. In the precedent verse, our Blessed Saviour did foretell his Passion, The Son of man must suffer many things. And his suffering is set down in two expressions:
These words are dropped from the lips of Christ, the ORACLE of TRVTH. In the precedent verse, our Blessed Saviour did foretel his Passion, The Son of man must suffer many things. And his suffering is set down in two expressions:
1. He must be rejected; Thus he was The stone which the builders refused, Psal. 118.22.
2. He must be slain. This Diamond must be cut. He who gave life to others, must himself dye*. And as Christ did thus abase himself for us, so we must deny our selves for him; And he said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself. Self-denial is the foundation of Godliness, and if this be not well laid, all the building will fall. Let me explain the words.
- *Fusus est sanguis medici, & sactum est medicamen phrenetici: Aug.