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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
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.
2. Love. Who will not deny himself for a Friend whom he loves? He will part with any thing he hath, he will gratify him he loves, though it be to his own loss. He whose heart is fired with love to Christ, will stick at nothing for his sake. Gregory Nazianzen said of his Athenian Learning, he was glad he had any thing of worth, to esteem as nothing for Christ. Love to God would devour self-love.
2. Love. Who will not deny himself for a Friend whom he loves? He will part with any thing he hath, he will gratifie him he loves, though it be to his own loss. He whose heart is fired with love to Christ, will stick at nothing for his sake. Gregory Nazianzen said of his Athenian Learning, he was glad he had any thing of worth, to esteem as nothing for Christ. Love to God would devour self-love.
3. Faith. Abraham was a great Self-denier, he left his Kindred, and Country, and would travel into any place where God would have him. Whence was this? It was from his ⟨p. 59⟩Faith. Heb. 11.8, By faith Abraham obeyed, and went out, not knowing whither he went. He who believes Christ is his, and Heaven is his, what will not he relinquish for Christs sake? The stronger a Christians faith is, the more eminent will his self-denial be.
3. Pray much for self-denial. Prayer sets God a work*, Psal. 10.17