No cross, no crown; a discourse shewing the nature and discipline of the holy cross of Christ, and that the denial of self and daily bearing of Christ's ... alone way to the rest and kingdom of God.
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 21, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9781425547776
Subjects: Christianity; Religion & Beliefs; Religion; History - U.S.; United States - General; History / United States / General; Christianity - General
First sentence: SECT. 1. Though the knowledge and obedience of the doctrine of the cross of Christ, be of infinite moment to the souls of men; for that is the only door to true christianity, and that path the ancients ever trod to blessedness: yet with extreme affliction, let me say, it is so little understood, so much neglected, and what is worse, so bitterly contradicted by the vanity, superstition, and intemperance of professed christians, that we must either renounce to believe what the Lord Jesus hath told us, Luke xiv. 27, "That whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after him, cannot be his disciple:" or, admitting that for truth, conclude, that the generality of Christendom do miserably deceive and disappoint themselves in the great business of christianity and their own salvation.