Let thy grace, O Lord, always prevent me, and follow me, and make me ever diligent in good works, through Jesus Christ thy Son. Amen.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
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.