O·F M .. NS '&c.liay,letany man fay.thusinhis heart, ( I"do · hutgiueyou Infi:ances,that you may vnderfi:and . what I wouldfay)fuchamanwil dealev~foundly, and imperfeCtly, when he is puttoirj let it be aay thing in the world, I will not fi:and to giue further Infiances •. Let.a.man examine himfelfe, and thinke what· is:. neare :and deare vnto him, except he be inwardly willing to part with it, that·he can fay ifany. of the wayes·of God fall cr.offewirh this·, Ifl be any whit hazarded in the . keeping ofa good ,(i:onfcience,by keeping this, . Iwillparnyitrh·ii::I·fay,except thou canfi fay.· this, iriscertainethou hafl: a rotten heart; And the like I may fay for fuffering;Ifa man fay;fi1eh agreat m:.1nsfavogrl will not loofe,mymaking, . ormy marring depends vponit, ifthere be any· fuchcafe, be it wh;u ·it will bet, thou art an vn:.. found hearted man; and that is the meaning of that;Ifany m:ttn wiUbemy Difcipte,h'emujl 'denie . liimfelfe, ttnd take vp his ·ditily Crojfe: As if he : ihouldfay,ifamanwill nor deny liimfelfe, in e-· ; verythin~;. ifhe will not take vp ·every Croffe . . (hemay takevp tohimfelfe·a profeffion to be a ~ Diftjpfe,he ImlY make as many pretences, and thewes, as he will, to be myDifliple, but a true. andagenuineD ifdple he cannot be) he cannot bemyDifciple,excepthe deny himfolfoin every thing,and take vp every Croffe,and therefore let amanexaminehimfelfe -in that, whether he be · thus prepared to part with every thing, ifthou wilt6eperftC1,faydnheLord, ( tbat is the place I ~a.ke itirom.)thtnfa!J aU th;~t thouhaft, that was _. • · · ·. the , - I
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