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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 2: The Explaining of the Proposition.
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.
Resp. I Answer in general, he must deny that carnal part which is near to him as himself, that which is as the apple of his eye. But more particularly,
1. A Christian must deny his Reason, I say not, renounce it, but deny it. Some cry up the Diana of Reason, making it the rule and standard of Faith. Quod absurdum est rationi debet esse falsum, said a Socinian. Indeed that there is a God, and that this God is to be worshipped is [Greek or Hebrew], a Law written in the heart of Man, and is consonant to Reason; but who God is, and the right mode of Worship, this is such an Arcanum that Reason can no more find out, than, the Philistines could Samsons riddle*. Job 11.7. Canst thou by searching find out God? ⟨p. 6⟩Reason must be denied, in 1 Credendis. 2 Agendis.
1. A Christian must deny his Reason, I say not, renounce it, but deny it. Some cry up the Diana of Reason, making it the rule and standard of Faith. Quod absurdum est rationi debet esse falsum, said a Socinian. Indeed that there is a God, and that this God is to be worshipped is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a Law written in the heart of Man, and is consonant to Reason; but who God is, and the right mode of Worship, this is such an Arcanum that Reason can no more find out, than, the Philistins could Sampsons riddle*. Job 11.7. Canst thou by searching find out God? ⟨p. 6⟩Reason must be denied, in 1 Credendis. 2 Agendis.