338 Book IV. j}.,ool\mg unto jjcfu.S'. Chap.; .sea. 9 . imitation of Chrifl! then lhalt ~h;u learn to ;:-;;e;;n the world, t;d; g~od·~ all, to injure no man, to fuffer wrong patiently, yea to pray for all thofe that defpightfully ufe thee and perfecute thee ; then lhalc thou learn to condefcend to the weak, to condole finn~rs cafes, to embrace the penitent, ·to obey Superiours, to miniiler to all; then lhalt thoulearfl to avoid all boafling, bragging, fcandal, immoderate eating and drinking, in aword, ~!I fin. Then lhalt thou learn tobear aboue.in thy body the dying of our Lord 'je– fmChrift, that thelifealfoof !efm·may be made manifeft m thy body: So the Apoftle, For we which live are alwayes delwered unto death for {efm fakg, that the Life .a'fo of ]ejili might be made manifcft m our mortal jlejh, 2 Cortnth. 4· 10, I I. \Nhy thts ts to follow Cbrift's fteps, he defcended from heaven ro earth forthy fake ; do thou trample on earth– ly things, Sec~ after the Kingdom of God and hurightcoufne{s, for thy own fake; though the world be fweec, yet Chrift is fweeter; though the worfd prove bitter, yet Chrifl fu– ftained the bitternefs of it forrhee: and now be fpeaks to thee, as he did to Peter, An· dmv, (ames, and John, Come, foll01v me; 0 do not faint in the way, ldhhou lofe thy place in thy Country, that Kingdom of glory. ::rhus far we have lookgd on Jefru as our Jefu; in his life, during the whole time of his Miniflry; our nexcwork is to loo( on Jcfru, carrying on the great work of man's falvation, during the time of his fuffering and dying on the crofs, until his refunechon from the dead. - LOOK~
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