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The great corruption of subtle self, discovered, and driven from it's lurking-places and starting-holes…The great corruption of subtile self, discovered, and driven from it's lurking-places and starting-holes…
The great corruption of subtle self, discovered, and driven from it's lurking-places and starting-holes And the contrary grace, self-denial commended, as an indispensably necessary requisite to the acceptable and successful performance of all commanded-duties, and as notably fitting for taking up of the cross, and following Christ. In seven sermons. By master James Durham, late minister of the gospel in Glasgow.The great corruption of subtile self, discovered, and driven from it's lurking-places and starting-holes And the contrary grace, self-denyal commended, as an indispensably necessary requisite to the acceptable and successfull performance of all commanded-duties, and as notably fitting for taking up of the cross, and following Christ. In seven sermons. By master James Durham, late minister of the gospel in Glasgow.
Edinburgh: printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson, 1686
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SERMON VI
Matthew 16, 24. Then said Jesus unto his di• ciples, if any man will come after me, let h•• deny himself, and take up his cross, and f• low me.
OUR Lord Christ having discovere• somewhat of the temper and di• position of his Disciples, and f• lowers, to be very loath, shy i• scarring to meet with the Cro•• as Peters advice to him plainly manifested; a• plies himself to instruct, and give them the Lesson for the time to come, how they may […] only get free from that propension to shift Cros•es and difficulties, that occur in the w•• of Duty, and of following him, that is ha•• ⟨p. 125⟩•y incident to all men, but also how they may get themselves sweetly composed for profitable, and comfortable meeting with, and going through hese Difficulties and Crosses, and guarded against uch sinful scarring at them; If any man (sayeth he) will come after me, in hope to reign with me eternally hereafter, he must not seek himself; but on the contrary, must deny himself, and study to be without all inordinate respect to himself; yea, he must be so far from seeking himself; that he must denyedly take up his cross (and that daily, as Luke hath it) and follow me; And this is the 2d. Qualification which Christ requireth of his followers, That we are now to speak a little to.