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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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We may consider it, as it looks to our Lords high Indignation at the nature and kind of the Tentation, as being plastered over with fair words, and specious shows of respect to him; which Indignation is manifested by these very ⟨p. 9⟩sharp words, Get thee behind me Satan; on which follows the Exhortation, Then said he, &c. Whence Observe, That there is no sort of sin, and more especially no sort of selfishness, that Christ abhors more than that which is palliated with pretended respect to him: Albeit Peter offered this advice to his Master, from some kind of respect to him; yet we will not find a more severe check, and sad rebuke given to him, or to any other, than that which he gets here, because selfishness was in his counsel, and the professed respect was but carnal and biassed; wherein he prefers, either his own, or his Masters bodily welfare, to the Will and Honour of God.
We may consider it, as it looks to our Lords high Indignation at the nature and kind of the Tentation, as being plaistered over with fair words, and specious shews of respect to him; which Indignation is manifested by these very ⟨p. 9⟩sharp words, Get thee behind me Satan; on which follows the Exhortation, Then said he, &c. Whence Observe, That there is no sort of sin, and more especially no sort of selfishness, that Christ abhorres more than that which is palliated with pretended respect to him: Albeit Peter offered this advice to his Master, from some kind of respect to him; yet we will not find a more severe check, and sad rebuke given to him, or to any other, than that which he gets here, because selfishness was in his counsel, and the professed respect was but carnal and byassed; wherein he prefers, either his own, or his Masters bodily wellfare, to the Will and Honour of God.
For clearing the Doctrine yet a little further, ye may take it up in these two Branches. 1. That there is a selfishness, even among Christs Disciples, that comes in, and covers it self with the show of respect to Christ. 2ly. That there is no selfishness more dangerous, and more detested, and abhorred of God than this sort of selfishness. I shall instance the subtlety, and danger of this sin of Selfishness, shrouding it self under pretended respect to Christ shortly, in some particulars. It comes in, one of two ways; either when men do that which is right, as to the matter; and yet it's but Self that they are seeking; or when they do that which is wrong; and yet they cover it with profest respect to God: There are several kinds of both; First, We may see it in things lawful, and first, in these, Men will have a kind of Zeal for God, and yet be seeking themselves; as it was with Jehu, who boasts, that he is zealous for God, and yet in truth, it was mostly for the Kingdom. 2ly. As Selfishness vents it self,