424 The way oftbe Gofpel (Minifiery, ag;iritl Chrifl. 13. Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend , I will eat no &A while the world fland`th, left 1 make my brother to of- fend. Job. i3. 3. Jefas knowing that the father had given all things into hi; hands, and that he was come from God and went to God, he rifeth front topper and Iaid afide his garments, and took a towel and girded hiinfelf ; After that he pour- eth water into a baton, and began to walh the di4ciples feet, and to wipe theat with the towel wherewith he was girded. ; 2, x 3 . So after he ad wafhed their feet and had taken his garments) and was fet down again he faid unto them, Know ye what I have done to you ? Ye call me Wafter and Lord, and ye fay well, for fo I am: If I then your Lord and Mailer have wa(hed your feet, ye alto oaght to wafh one anothers feet " For I have given you an exarnple,that ye fhould e do as I have done to you. Verily , verily, I " fay untoyou that the fervant is not greater than his Lord, neither he that is fent greater than ha c that Pent him. If ye know thefe things,' happy "are ye ifye do them. . To what ptsrpofa do you frt together all thefe orris of Scripture, r íthout any exp.?ftian, or telling what you conclude from them ? Anfre. I purpofely avoid glofies andcolleai- ons, that you may not fay that I obtrude any thing on you of my own, which is not the mind of your Lord himfelf. Arid I fet them together that they that overlook them , may have a deeper appre- ilen(ion than they have had. Firfl, What is the rue fpirit of a Chriihian, and nature of Chri- Ihanity ?
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