248 TheDoUrine ofSelfe_elenia 1. to the :[ewes, that ifany 7nanI beartfainted, bee "nightgee baeke, an tiretrirtse so Us()awe heufea. gain; (Dent,2o.8. lawdg.7.3.) SoCbrilldeales with us ; hee tels usthe worft before hand ; to fee whether wee will goe backe or no. Chriff dealeswithus,as 1Vasmi did with Ruth; when Theehad intreated and perfwaded her to leave her, and goe Backe to her owne Country againe, Ruth' ° r . 28, When all would not doe, andwhen Thee faw that Thee was ftedfaftly min- ded to gee with her, thenThee left fpeaking. Chríft tels his followers what they .mnuft looke for : If they are willing to undergoc it , then bee takes them , elfe lee takes them not. Fourthly, wee mutt followhim all manner ofwayes; that is, inwardly andoutwardly: In both thefe there isa difficulty. There is a difficulty to ferve him in the fpirit; manyan ahion commeth, that ifit were tobe done inthe outward appearance onely, it might bewell put off: but to doe'it in fecrer, this is hard : when as the Confcience faith, fuch a thing muff not be got; filch a thing muff be done, fuch a luft muff bee fubdued; fuch dduty muff not be omitted, this is net e- nough;but you mutt profefíe Chriff, wearehis livery,and thew whole you are: In many things it is caller to doe the fpirituall than the out- ward A : As Mark .8. 38. Whofoever ii 4 a- triedgmc , faith Chriil, even in thäe adrdterous Gene-
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