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...

Creator’s will. And therefore this self-denial doth not consist in a hatred or disregard of our own lives, or in a destruction of our appetites or senses, or an absolute refusal to please them in the use of the creatures which God hath given us. 3. Yea, though our natures are corrupted by sin, self-denial requireth not that we should kill ourselves, and destroy our human natures that we may thereby destroy the sin. Self-murder is a most heinous sin, which God condemneth. 4. Our spiritual self, or

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