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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.
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6. Grace can never thrive where self-conceit grows. As a Body cannot thrive in a Dropsy; so neither can the Soul thrive, which is swelled with this Dropsy of Pride and Self-conceit. A proud head makes a barren heart.
6. Grace can never thríve where self-conceit grows. As a Body cannot thrive in a Dropsie; so neither can the Soul thrive, which is swell'd with this Dropsie of Pride and Self-conceit. A proud head makes a barren heart.
7. A Supercilious conceitedness is odious, and doth much lessen any worth in a person. 'Tis like a cloud ⟨p. 22⟩in a Diamond. The more one values himself, the less God and Angels value him. Let a Person be eminent, yet if he be self-conceited he is loved of none; he is like a Physician that hath the Plague, though he may be admired for his skill, yet none care to come near him.
8. Such as are well opinionated of their own excellencies, are in the ready way to ruin. Either God infatuates them*, or denies a blessing to their labours, or suffers them to fall into some great sin. Peter, who was so well conceited of himself, as if he had had more grace than all the Apostles besides, the Lord let him fall very far. He denied Christ with an Oath, nay an imprecation, Mat. 26.74. Peter wished a curse on himself if he knew Christ, nay, some think he cursed Christ.