The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: Volume XI (Biblia.com)

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The first part of Volume Eleven includes Baxter’s Treatise of Self-Denial, in which Baxter cautions readers against partiality toward worldly judgment, individual needs, and selfish concerns. As a remedy, he implores readers to learn how to live in self-denial and avoid the possessions and activities which detract from the goals of Christian living. In Obedient Patience, Baxter defines true...

folly with Paul (Tit. 3:3–7); and say with the same Paul, that we were no better than mad when we were enemies to the Gospel (Acts 26:11.), and with the man in John 9:25, “One thing I know, that whereas I was blind, now I see.” It is no self conceitedness for a man that is brought from the blind distracted state of sin, into the light of the sanctified, to know that he is wiser than he was before; and that he was formerly besides himself, but now is come to his understanding again. Nor is it any

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