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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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and thus it is often found, whe• men once engaged in such or such a way, thin• themselves bound and obliged in Conscience t• follow it; while, in the mean time, it is but Se• coming in under the colour, and appearance o• Conscience, that sets them on to follow it, an• makes them restless in seeking to prosecute wh•• they are once engaged in; we may see a famous instance of Selves appearing like Conscience i•• Jonah, Chap. 4. To whom the Lord says, Do•• thou well to be angry Jonah? And he answers I do well to be angry, even unto death; It is ver• probable, he would not have spoken thus, if h• had not thought it was Conscience, and zeal towards God, that moved and acted him; but ye• his pity on the gourd, when God had withered and taken it away, shows, that it was not so muc• Conscience, as an inordinate respect to himself and to his own credit and reputation, that moved him; ye may see it, in the dominion of i• in Herod, Matth. 14.19. When the dancing daughter of Herodias sought the head of Joh•. the Baptist, It is said, that the King was sorry, ne• vertheless, for his oaths sake, and for them that sa• at meat with him, he commanded it to be give• her; Sure it was not so much, if at all, consci• ence of his oath, (which being sinful in the matter of it, should not have been kept) a• it was fear, least he should be thought and re• putted a perjured man, by them which sat at me at with him, that moved him to command Joh to be beheaded; if it was not also loathness to displease the wanton Damsel, and her incestuous Mother. 3ly. The deceitfulness of Self appears, in pretending some good end, for what it moves