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Heautonaparnumenos
Heautonaparnumenos: or A treatise of self-denial. Intended for the pulpit; but now committed to the press for the public benefit.Heautonaparnumenos: or A treatise of self-denyall. Intended for the pulpit; but now committed to the presse for the publike benefit.
London: printed by W. Wilson for Richard Royston, 1646
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.
Thus we see, in the General, here is a double Self to be denied of us; One absolutely evil, and ever to be Denied; the other Evil only in some cases, and but at sometimes to be Denied; That therefore is to be Denied for it self, this for that. For had not the First Adam brought that into the World, he had never been brought to Deny this: And yet for all that the Second Adam came to thrust that out of the World, He was brought to ⟨p. 26⟩Deny this, but then it was for our Self-love imputed to Him.
Thus we see, in the Generall, here is a double Self to be deny'd of us; One absolutely evill, and ever to be Deny'd; the other Evill onely in some cases, and but at sometimes to be Deny'd; That therefore is to be Deny'd for it selfe, this for that. For had not the First Adam brought that into the World, he had never been brought to Deny this: And yet for all that the Second Adam came to thrust that out of the World, Hee was brought to ⟨p. 26⟩Deny this, but then it was for our Selfe-love imputed to Him.
And thus we have seen what is here meant by our Selves. Next see we what it is to Deny; and then lastly, what to Deny our selves. To Deny; we know what that is, either when we contradict what is affirmed, and affirm the contrary: or else when we refuse to grant ones Request, and neglect or oppose it. The first is Logical, in words; the other Moral, in our actions of commerce one with another. For the Word here, it is [Greek or Hebrew], of [Greek or Hebrew], and that, they say comes of [Greek or Hebrew], to take away, so that it is the same, upon the matter, with [Greek or Hebrew]; and then it seems our Saviours meaning was, first that we should take away our selves, then take up the Cross; or rather take up this, to take away that. In the Latin it is abneget, which signifies to deny one, and denying him, to thrust him from one, so that it is a Verbal and Real denial, both. Howbeit nego, if we look at the Original, is to deny Really too, coming of ne and ago, to do nothing for one: Therefore nego is to deny Morally, [Greek or Hebrew] Logically. This for the Word.