-ìo8 The DoFtrine o fSel fe=deniall. knowyour condition ,and labour to bring your hearts to ir, to denyyour felves: The wayes to doe it are theft. 1lfeanes ra Firft, to deny your elves, have a right deny ear judgement ofyour felves : reckon the inward (elves. manyour felfe; ifyee reckon the Flefh your felfe; riches, honours, credit and wealth that perf~ c the flefh, your felfe; thenyet will lofe all for it , yee will not deny your (elves : Such a one will LaveRciigion wound his Confci- ence, rather than lofe his elate : But if wee reckon the regeneratepart our (elves, it 'lath friends anda Kingdom() and reckoning it our felfe, weewill fuffer any thing rather thanhurt it : wewill lofe our life and liberty, and yet are well becaufe this is fate. After a man is re- generate , 'he reckons another thinghicnfelfe, than he didbefore ; the Spirit is now predo. minant, he is himfelfe:doingSpiritual) things , the Spirit is Lord of the houfe ; the ffeih may come in as a theefe,but there is a great dii ference, when as it comes thus, and when as incomes as a Lord ; When as the Spirit is a mans felfe, his hole is inheaven. Let us judge of our (elves, and wee shall beable todeny our fcl\Tes. Z Secondly, have a right opinion of other things : know that by denying ofyour ¡elves, you.gaine; yeilding to the requefts and de. fires oftheFlesh, yee lofe by it : Matth. 16.25. flee that willfans his life , f aft life it ; he that F will.
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