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kingdom_n	david_n	israel_n	judah_n	1,785	5	9.8153	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

these Wee may make salvation our end and serve God for this end but then wee must understand it aright not barely to be free from wrath h Although that obedience which performed onely for fear of punishment or expectation of reward is rightly called mercenary yet that any should bee secondarily stirred up to do his duty by looking on the reward or for fear of punishment also this is not strange from the Sons of God neither doth it in any part weaken their solid obedience Ames Mar. of div l. 2 c. 1. though that may bee aimed at but also to enjoy God fully for ever and this must likewise bee rightly understood not chiefly out of love to our selves i It is an argument of an excellent spirit when all Self-respects are drowned in the glory of God and there is nothing lost therein for our best being is in God A Christian begins with loving God for himself but hee ends in loving himself in and for God and so his end and Gods end and the end of all things else concenter and agree in one Wee may aim at our own good so wee bring our hearts to refer it to the chief good as a less circle may well bee contained in a greater so that the lines drawn from both circles meet in one middle point Dr. Sibbs Souls Conflict 420.421 c. 26. but of God and for this end because hereby we do most of all glorifie God God is more glorified by my endeavouring to injoy him than by any thing else that I can do because by this I do own and acknowledge him to be my chief and highest end Thus I have shewn what it is not Negatively I shall now proceed to shew what it is 2 Affirmatively To deny Self in good Works is to deny All Self-ends in the Intention All Self-surficiency in the undertaking All Self-rules in the Direction And lastly All Self-praise in the review 1 All Self-ends in the intention By Self-ends here wee are to understand all such ends as k See before chap. 2. sect 1. p. 18 19. corrupt Self useth to propound Whensoever wee are in consultation about any duty or any thing that wee have to do Self asks the question Cui bono What good will come of it or what benefit what advantage will redound to us by the doing of it and usually answers it these two wayes 1 By propounding something which in it self is evill under the shew and appearance of good 2 By propounding something which in it self is good under the notion of the chief good 1 By propounding something which in it self is evill under the shew and appearance of good Many men seem very active and zealous in many good works but they have very ungodly ends that which they aim at in the doing of them is some wicked thing We have divers instances of this in the Scripture 1 Balaam when Balak the King of Moab sent to him to curse the Israelites hee would consult with God and professed that if the King would give him his house full of gold and silver hee durst not go beyond the word of the Lord to do less or more Numb 22 8-18 Oh how scrupulous was Balaam now What a tender conscience had hee one would have thought that the thing hee aimed at was to do as God would have him but no such matter it was to do as Balak would have him it was that hee might if it were possible get leave to curse the people of God Thus many men search the Scriptures but it is to see if they can pick out any thing that may make for some wicked practise which they have a minde to continue or against some good duty which they have no minde to perform Thus many men flock after Sermons and one would think that they meant to practice what they hear but it is true of them as God said of l Ezek. 33.31 Ezekiels hearers They come unto the Minister as the people cometh and they sit before him as Gods people and they hear his words but they will not do them for with their mouth they shew much love but their heart goeth after their covetousness their heart goes after some base wicked lust or other and they hope that something may bee said for the countenancing of it but if not they are resolved to follow it notwithstanding And thus many come with cases and scruples of conscience but it is onely to get something that may comfort them in their evill wayes 2 Abner after a long war that hee had waged against David on the behalf of Ishbosheth Sauls son hee bound himself by a solemn oath to fight for David 2 Sam. 3.9 10. So do God to Abner and more also except as the Lord hath sworn to David even so I do unto him To translate the Kingdome from the house of Saul and to set up the Throne of David over Israel and over Judah from Dan even to Beer-sheba One might have thought that Abner had repented of his opposition against David but that it was to bee revenged upon Ishbosheth who had reproved him for going into his Fathers Concubine vers 7. And Ishbosheth said to Abner Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my Fathers Concubine Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth and said Am I a dogs head c. so do God to Abner c. except as the Lord hath sworn to David so I do unto him Now hee swears to do unto David as the Lord had sworn this was his duty before but hee would not do it all this while till such time as Ishbosheth crost him in his lust and then to cross Ishbosheth hee would do his duty I will leave the application to the Reader 3 Absolom after his brother Amnon had deflowred his sister Tamar invited him to a feast one would have thought hee had forgotten the injury but it was to cut his throat 2 Sam. 13.32 4 Jezabel proclaimed a Fast but her end was to take away Naboths life and to seize upon his Vineyard 1 King 21.15 See Isa 58.2 3 4. verses 5 Herod when hee heard of the birth of Christ sent to Bethlehem to finde him out and charged the messengers to search diligently and when they had found him to bring him word again for this end as hee said that hee might worship him but his intent was that hee might kill him Matth. 2.8.16 6 Judas When Mary anointed the feet of Jesus with costly oyntment was very angry that it had not been sold for three hundred pence and the money given to the poor But it was not because hee cared for the poor m Exemplum est Judas multerum privatis commodis obtendentium nomen piet a tis Grot. 〈◊〉 loc The by poctites own private interest crossed is that which troubleth him when he pretendeth the cause of piety and religion for which he taketh as much care as Judas did for the poor Eng. 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