_Of a pure and entire resignation of ourselves,
for the obtaining freedom of heart._
_Christ._ SON, forsake thyself, and thou shalt find me.
Stand without chusing any thing and without seeking to have any thing
as thy own.
Resign thyself, without resuming thy claim.
_Christian._ Lord, how often shall I resign myself? And wherein shall I
forsake myself?
*_Christ._ Always and every hour, as well in little things as in great;
I except nothing, but require that thou be naked and void of all things.
Otherwise how canst thou be mine, and I thine, unless both within and
without thou art free from all self-will?
2. Some resign themselves, but with some exception; for they put not
their whole trust in God, and therefore they study how to provide for
themselves.
*Some also at first offer all; but afterwards being assaulted with
temptation, return again to that which they had left, and therefore
they go not forward in virtue.
These shall not attain to the true liberty of purity of heart, nor to
the favour of my sweetest familiarity, unless they first make an entire
resignation, and a daily oblation of themselves unto me.
3. I have often said unto thee, and now again I say the same; forsake
thyself, resign thyself, and thou shalt enjoy much inward peace.
* Give all for all; seek nothing, require back nothing, abide purely
and with a firm confidence in me, and then thou shalt enjoy me.
*Thou shalt be free in heart, and darkness shall not have any power
over thee.
*Let this be thy prayer, let this be thy desire; that being stript of
all selfishness, thou mayst follow naked the naked Jesus, and dying to
thyself, mayst live eternally with me.