Some general directions for a comfortable walking with God delivered in the lecture at…Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at…

III. Build, and erect all thy resolutions and conclusions for Heaven and Gods service, upon that strong and purest pillar, that main, and most precious ^bPrinciple of Christianity, Self-denial. No walking with God, no sweet communion, and sound peace at his Mercy-Seat, except for his sake, and keeping a good conscience, thou be content to deny ⟨p. 52⟩thy self, thy worldly wisdom, natural wit, carnal reason, acceptation with the world, excellency of learning, favour of great Ones, credit and applause with the most; thy passions, profit, pleasures, preferment, nearest friends, ease, liberty, life, every thing, any thing. And fear no loss; for all things else are nothing, to the least comfortable glimpse of Gods pleased face.

III. Build, and erect all thy resolutions and conclusions for Heauen and Gods seruice, vpon that strong and purest pillar, that maine, and most precious ^bPrinciple of Christianitie, Selfe-deniall. No walking with God, no sweete communion, and sound peace at his Mercy-Seate, except for his sake, and keeping a good conscience, thou be content to denie ⟨p. 52⟩thy selfe, thy worldly wisdome, naturall wit, carnall reason, acceptation with the world, excellencie of learning, fauour of great Ones, credit and applause with the most; thy passions, profit, pleasures, preferment, neerest friends, ease, libertie, life, euery thing, any thing. And feare no losse; for all things else are nothing, to the least comfortable glimpse of Gods pleased face.

1. bTaught by the Lord Jesus himself, Luk 14. 26, &c. as a fundamental Rule of Christianity. Aduersus parents, aduersus liberos, aduersus naturalem cognationem, contra universum Orbem terrarum, contra ipsam etiam animam pugnam indicit, atque aciem esse instruendam ostendit, Chrys. in cap. 10. Mat. Hom. 36. Paul calls is, The very spirit of our service of God: without which all our other Religion, be i never so glorious and goodly, is no more lively, nay, is as very a carcass, as th body of a man, destitute of that soul, which maketh it reasonable, and differing from all other bodies. It was gured by the Holacaust of the Law, which signified the sacrifice of the flesh, the crucifying of the old Adam,