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A90811 Authentēs. Or A treatise of self-deniall. Wherein the necessity and excellency of it is demonstrated; with several directions for the practice of it. / By Theophilus Polwheile, M.A. sometimes of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now teacher of the Church at Teverton in Devon. Polwheile, Theophilus, d. 1689. 1658 (1658) Wing P2782; Thomason E1733_1; ESTC R209629 246,682 521

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gift_n they_o have_v receive_v 94._o the_o folly_n and_o madness_n of_o such_o person_n 95_o right_o a_o believer_n have_v the_o best_a right_n of_o any_o unto_o the_o creature_n 168._o righteousness_n of_o sanctification_n can_v justify_v 71_o 72._o the_o righteousness_n whereby_o we_o be_v justify_v what_o it_o be_v ibid._n romance_n the_o laborious_a idleness_n of_o many_o great_a wit_n in_o compile_v they_o 120_o ruin_n two_o thing_n there_o be_v that_o ruin_n those_o that_o perish_v under_o the_o gospel_n 1_o rule_n what_o it_o be_v that_o god_n have_v give_v to_o be_v our_o rule_n in_o all_o our_o undertake_n and_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o it_o 165_o s_o safety_n self-denial_n a_o christian_n safety_n 291_o scripture_n the_o sufficiency_n of_o they_o for_o our_o direction_n 161_o secreta_fw-la deo_fw-la 125_o self_n what_o it_o be_v 18._o the_o great_a enemy_n to_o christ_n 24._o must_v not_o only_o be_v arraign_v and_o convict_v but_o condemn_v 34._o and_o execute_v 36._o it_o 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out_o the_o eye_n of_o reason_n and_o rely_v whole_o upon_o force_a persuasion_n it_o be_v impossible_a such_o palpable_a contradiction_n betwixt_o most_o man_n ordinary_a resolution_n and_o fundamental_a principle_n of_o faith_n as_o any_o heathen_a that_o can_v but_o understand_v what_o the_o word_n of_o scripture_n mean_v will_v upon_o the_o first_o view_n of_o both_o clear_o descry_v shall_v go_v so_o long_o oft_o time_n for_o aught_o we_o can_v perceive_v the_o whole_a course_n of_o their_o life_n without_o control_n or_o check_v and_o without_o notice_n of_o their_o danger_n he_o be_v in_o worse_a case_n questionless_a than_o the_o mere_a natural_a or_o reasonable_a man_n even_o blind_v by_o god_n just_a judgement_n for_o his_o hypocrisy_n that_o can_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v persuade_v he_o have_v true_o deny_v himself_o take_v up_o his_o cross_n forsake_v all_o and_o make_v fit_a to_o follow_v christ_n when_o as_o the_o world_n see_v and_o his_o practice_n proclaim_v he_o 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