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Saint Stevens last will and testament A funeral sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…Saint Stevens last will and testament A funerall sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…
Saint Stevens last will and testament A funeral sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59. preached at the enterrement of the remains of Mris Joyce Featly. Together with the testimony then given unto her by Tho. Gataker, B. of D. and rector of Rotherhith.Saint Stevens last will and testament A funerall sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59. preached at the enterrement of the remaines of Mris Joice Featly. Together with the testimonie then given unto her by Tho. Gataker, B. of D. and rector of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Elizabeth for Nicolas Bourne, 1638
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And the same doth our Saviour himself require of all those that be his: tIf a man (saith he) will follow me, he must hate his own soul; (u his own life, he meaneth; that is, be as willing to leave it, and part with it, if occasion be, for my cause, as if he were weary of it, and out of love with it) or he cannot be my disciple. And again, xIf any man will come after me, he must renounce himself, and take up his cross every day: not, take it up, and not dye upon it; (That is the manner and guise of hypocrites, saith yBernard) but be content and ready every day to be crucified; to dye daily for Christ, as the Apostle did, in will, in disposition, in heart and affection, in readiness and resolution at least.
And the same doth our Saviour himselfe require of all those that be his: tIf a man (saith he) will follow me, he must hate his owne soule; (u his owne life, he meaneth; that is, be as willing to leave it, and part with it, if occasion be, for my cause, as if he were wearie of it, and out of love with it) or he cannot be my disciple. And againe, xIf any man will come after me, he must renounce himselfe, and take up his crosse every day: not, take it up, and not dye upon it; (That is the manner and guise of hypocrites, saith yBernard) but be content and readie every day to be crucified; to dye dayly for Christ, as the Apostle did, in will, in disposition, in heart and affection, in readinesse and resolution at least.