5. Deny self; self denyal is as a dead∣ly wound given to sin, that it cannot lift up its head any more, 16. Mat. 24. self∣denyal, I will tell you what it is, it is the
Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- 1687.
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"Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.
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giving up the Keys, and the sole com∣mand of the whole man unto Christ: Then Christ is the Lord Lieutenant of thy heart, and nothing can be done with∣out leave from Christ; now put Christ in office, and Christ will quickly put sin out of office. Oh! 'tis this self that keeps in sin; when grace like Joab goes out to fight against sin, then self like David calls out, deal kindly with the young man Ab∣salom, oh spare my sin, my beloved sin, my only sin. O Brethren, have a care of bringing self to Church with you; all the Sermons you hear will do you no good, self will hinder you in all your du∣ties, because it will not suffer your own Iniquities to be touched; self 'tis like Jehu, down with Ahab and all his Fami∣ly, down with Baal and all his Priests, but the Calves at Dan and Bethel must stand still; zeal cast down the first, but self made the other to stand; self will suffer any sin but our own sin, our own Iniquity to be killed.