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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.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. And he said to them all] Self-denial is of Universal extent, it concerns all, it respects both Ministers and People. Christ spake it as well to his Apostles, as the rest of his hearers.
1. And he said to them all] Self-denial is of Vniversal extent, it concerns all, it respects both Ministers and People. Christ spake it as well to his Apostles, as the rest of his hearers.
2. If any man will come after me] If he will follow me as the Soldier doth his General: if he will arrive at that place of Glory whither I am going,
3. Let him deny himself.] Beza and Erasmus render it, let him lay aside, or reject himself*. Self-denial is a kind of Self-annihilation. The words have two parts: 1. A Supposal, If any man will come after me] 2. An Imposal, Let him deny himself. This word, Let him deny, is not only a permission, but an injunction; it carries in it the force of a command: As if a King should say, Let it be enacted.
- *Abdicet seipsum.