Pride remains
It is seldom long before the person who imagined that all sin was gone feels that there is still pride in his heart. Pride remains. He is convinced both that, in many respects, he has thought of himself more highly than he ought to think, and that he has taken to himself the praise of something he had received, and gloried in it as though he had not received it.
And yet he knows that he is in the favor of God. He cannot, and he ought not to, cast away his confidence. The Spirit still witnesses with his spirit that he is a child of God.
1771 text
3. For it is seldom long, before he who imagined all sin was gone, feels there is still pride in his heart. He is convinced, both that in many respects he has thought of himself more highly than he ought to think, and that he has taken to himself the praise of something he had received, and gloried in it as though he had not received it. And yet he knows, he is in the favour of God. He cannot and ought not to cast away his confidence. The Spirit still witnesses with his Spirit, that he is a child of God.
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Sermon 14 in the 1771 Works. Mark 1:15. Dated at Londonderry, 24 April 1767.
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