...requires of all that would embrace his doctrine: Lukeix. 23. " And he faid unto them " all, If any man will come after me, let him '• deny himfelf, and take up his crofs daily, and •' follow me." It is indeed one of the hard fayings of the gofpel. You have heard it fometimes...

...fhould be hated of all Men for his Names Sake, Ver. 22. And elfewhere we find him declaring, Whofoe'ver will come after me, let him deny himfelf, and take up his Crofs, and follow me. Mark viii. 34. And on another Occafion we are told, that there went great Multitudes 'with him, and...

...Indeed the phrafe in this place, is underftood by fome as only a redundancy of expreffion. If any man will come after me, let him deny himfelf, and take up his crofs, and fo follow we, or come after me. But I think it adds a beauty to the paflage, as well as amplifies the...

...will come after me, ie will approve himfelf my lincere Difciple, and have an Intereft in my Benefits ; let him deny himfelf and take up his Crofs, and follow me. Mark viii. 34. We are told, that whom God did joreknow be alfo did predejlinate to be conformed to...

...of felfdenial, acquaints them upon wjiat terms fhey mult be admitted into his fervice : " If any man will come after me, let him " deny himfelf, and take up his crofs and follow me." This hard, and difficult duty he enforceth upon them by a dauble argument, viz. From, i. The vanity...

...doftrine of the crofs ? This is a very foft and mild commentary upon that of our Saviour: " If any man will come after me, let him deny " himfelf, and take up his crofs, and follow me :" Which is not fo formidable an objeftion as it may at firft fight feem. It is true, fuffering through...

...Captain of their Salvation, be made perfect through Suffering. Whofoever, fays our Lord, will come offer me, let him deny himfelf, and take up his Crofs, and follow me. How ftrong the Expreffion of denying himfelf is, and how much it includes, we learn from the next Verfe,...

...renounce our own will. 2, Abfoiute refignation to the will of the Lord, Matth. xvi. 24. If any man will come after me, let him deny himfelf, and take up his crofs . andfoilew me. We mufr give over the war betwixt our will and the will of God, and our will muft run...

...intereft muft be yours, on all hazards, Matth. xvi. 24- If any man will come after me, fays Chrift, let him deny himfelf, and take up his crofs, and follow me. There is a continued battle betwixt Chrift and his angels, and the devil and his ; the peace will never...

...for himfelf any temporal pre-eminence, or accommodate his ' doctrines to fuch a-defign"? " If any man will come after me, let him deny •'' himfelf, and take up his crofs, and follow ' " me *." " The foxes have holes, and the " birds of the air have nefts; but the Son of *' man hath not where...