_That we ought to deny ourselves and imitate Christ._
_Christ._ FOLLOW Me, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.
I am the way, which thou oughtest to follow; the truth which thou
oughtest to trust; the life which thou oughtest to hope for.
I am the strait way, the supreme truth, the true life: yea, the blessed
life, the uncreated life.
If thou remainest in my way, thou shalt know the truth, and the truth
shall make thee free, and thou shalt lay hold on everlasting life.
2. _Christian._ Lord Jesus, forasmuch as thy life was poor and
contemptible unto the world, grant me grace to imitate thee in
suffering worldly contempt.
For the servant is not greater than his Lord, nor the disciple above
his Master.
Let thy servant be exercised in thy life, for therein my salvation
consists.
Whatsoever I read or heard besides it, doth not refresh or delight me
fully.
3. _Christ._ Son, now thou knowest these things, happy shalt thou be if
thou do them.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me;
And I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him, and make him
sit with me in the kingdom of my Father.
_Christian._ Lord Jesus, as thou hast said and promised, so let it come
to pass.
I have received the cross, I have received it from thy hand; I will
bear it, and bear it till death, as thou hast laid it upon me.
Truly the life of a Christian is the cross; but yet it is a guide to
paradise.
I have begun, I may not go back, neither is it fit to leave that which
I have undertaken.
Behold, our King goeth before us, who also will fight for us.
Let us follow him manfully, let none be dismayed, but be ready to die
valiantly in the battle, and let us not blemish our glory by flying
from the cross.