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A65294
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The duty of self-denial briefly opened and urged. By Thomas Watson, minister of the Gospel
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Watson, Thomas, d. 1686.
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1675
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Wing W1122A; ESTC R7336
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anothers fame Is it no sin think you to murder a Man in his name Thou who art such a critick it is to be feared thou canst spy all faults but thy own Like the Lamiae who could see well abroad but were blind at home O Christian look inward didst thou view thy own spots more in the looking-glass of the Word thou wouldst not be so ready to throw the stone of censure at others Deny this sin of rash censuring or smiting with the tongue Jer. 18.18 Thou who speakest reproachfully of thy Brother without a cause the time may come that he may be accepted and thou rejected he may be found gold and thou reprobate silver 2. A Christian must deny his peccatum in delitiis his complexion-sin Psal. 18.23 I have kept my self from mine iniquity As there is one master-bee in the hive so there is naturally one master-sin in the heart this must be denied The Devil can hold a Man fast by one sin A Jaylor can hold the Prisoner fast by one Fetter One sin is enough to stop the current of mercy one sin may damn aswell as more As one Milstone is enough to sink a Man into the Sea If there be any lust which we cannot deny it will be a bitter root either of scandal or apostacy 13. A Christian must deny his Relations Luke 14.26 If any man come to me and hate not father and mother and wife and children he cannot be my Disciple The meaning is when carnal Relations come in competition with or stand in opposition to Christ we must hate them When our friends would prove snares and hinder us from doing our duty we must either leap over them or tread upon them Here odium in suos is pietas in Deum If my Wife saith Hierom should hang about my neck if my Mother should show me her Brests that gave me suck and perswade me to deny Christ I would break from them and fly to the Cross. When Peter would be a tempter Christ said Apage Get the behind me Satan 14. A Christian must deny his Estate for Christ. A Carnal heart will commend Christ and profess him but will part with nothing for him The young Man in the Gospel was Christs hearer but not his follower He did superna probare but terrena appetere as one saith When Christ said to him Sell all and give to the poor abiit tristis he went away sorrowful Mat. 19.22 When Mercury is in conjunction with a bad Planet it hath a bad influence So when Riches are joined with a bad heart they do much hurt The World lay nearer the young Mans heart than Christ. Have some of the Heathens denied the World Epaminondas a Graecian Captain who obtained many gloririous Victories yet he was a great contemner of the World he refused vast sums of Money sent him from the King of Persia insomuch that when he died he left scarce enough to defray the charges of his funeral Did an Heathen go thus far in denying the World and shall not Christians much more Let the wedg of gold be denied for the Pearl of price Mat. 19.27 We have forsaken all and followed thee A true Saint esteems the gleanings of Christ better than the worlds Vintage Phil. 3.8 For whom I have suffered the loss of all things Galeacius Marquess of Vico parted with a fair estate to enjoy the pure ordinances of Christ at Geneva When a Jesuite perswaded him to return to his Popish Religion in Italy promising him an huge sum of Money he said Let their money perish with them who esteem all the gold in the world worth one hours communion with Iesus Christ and his holy spirit 15. A Christian must deny his life for Christ. This is in the Text attollat crucem Let him take up his Cross Suffering for Christ must be free and spontaneous He who suffers against his will bears the Cross he who suffers willingly takes up the Cross. A fair Virgin falling in love with Crates for his learning he shewed her his staff and his scrip this saith he is your dowry Christ shows us his Cross if we will not have him upon these terms the match is not like to go on Sufferings will abide us 2 Tim. 3.12 The Devil is not grown kinder now than he was Some think of reigning with Christ but not of suffering Ioseph dreamed of his advancement but not of his imprisonment The flesh cries out the Cross is uneasie there are Nails in the Yoke which tear but life must be denied yea hated for Christ. Luke 14.26 If any man come to me and hate not father and mother and his own life he cannot be my disciple Love to Christ must out-weigh life Rev. 12.11 They loved not their lives to the death Paul carried the image of Christ in his heart as a Saint the message of Christ in his mouth as a Minister and the marks of Christ in his body as a Martyr Gal. 6.17 The primitive worthies snatched up torments as so many Crowns and were content to shed their blood for Christ knowing they should exchange their sanguine for white Robes The Prophet Isaiah was killed with a Saw Ieremiah with Stones Amos with an Iron-Bar Luke was hanged on an Olive-tree I read of Irenaeus that he was carried to a place where was set a Cross on one side and an Idol on the other where he was put to his choice either to bow to the Idol or suffer on the Cross he chose the latter Basil speaks of a Virgin condemned to the fire who having her life and estate offered her if she would bow down to an Image answered Let life and money go welcom Christ. Though every Christian is not actually a Martyr yet he hath a preparation of mind and is ready to suffer if God call Luther said he had rather be a Martyr than a Monarch Let us then take up the Cross. Can wicked men be content to suffer for their lusts and shall not we suffer for Christ We are to look upon our sufferings as a badg of honour If when we are reproached for Christ much more when we dye for him A Spirit of God and of glory resteth upon us 1 Pet. 4.14 Our sufferings for Christ propagate Religion Pauls being bound made the Gospel to be more enlarged Phil. 1.12 Iustin Martyr was converted to the Faith by beholding the heroick patience and courage of the Christians in their sufferings Patiamur ut potiamur The Cross leads to the Crown 2 Tim. 2.12 If we suffer we shall also reign with him Who would not be willing to venture on the Seas though rough and tempestuous if he were sure to be Crowned as soon as he came a Shore Persecutors may take away from us our goods not our God our liberty not our freedom of Conscience our head not our Crown Rev. 2.10 He who cannot deny his life for Christ will deny Christ. And he