TheIV trine ofSefe. denial'. 315 at this keepes men off' from lelfe-deniall. . VVherefore that your hearts deceiveyou nor, 1 remember this caution ; Take heed of Cu- flome. Laaly, ?fnoman hath any intereff inChriff unleffe hee deny himfelfe; then fee the way öf drawing neare to C 'H R I S r : The more wee denyour felves, thT letfedif ance is betwixt I him and us ;; the neorer our wills are brought ' together,thenearer wecome to him ; themore fully weempty us ©fourfelvcs; the more per- feedy wee deny our felves, and the nearer wee conic tohim. And thus much for the firfl Point; that who ever lookes'for any interea in Chrifl, muff deny himfelfe.Thc fecund follower which is this. That the Waye,s fGoelarefillofcrefs ; they I Doti. 2, bave mach difficulty in thus : Chriff tels men , They muß deny themfelves, take up their daily ICrof : they muff goe thríughcroífes,and looke for them : the wayes therefore of God are full i ofcroffcs. And this muff needs be fo, for three ' reafons. Firít, God will have it fo, that wee may beare witneífeofthe troth Words arebut al (lender teftimony; therefore God will have I men fuffer andbe imprifoned too for the truth: This is thatgoodconfeffioa ofChrifi, when as we confefíehim,nôr inword but in deed. God therefore will have us bears Croffes for this ends Second-
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