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Elsewhere he instanceth in quitting our nearest relations for his sake.

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You see here, that he instanceth in parting with our lives for him, as the highest piece of self-denial which he requires.

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Epicurus had this good conceit of himself, that he could advise others so to act as if he stood by, Fac omnia tanquam spectet Epicurus: but Seneca instanceth much better in Cato, or

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So, likewise, the apostle (1 Thess.v. 15.) instanceth in abstaining from revenge, as an eminent piece of goodness: "See that none render evil for evil unto any man: but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all men."

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Our Saviour here instanceth in men's profession of his religion, calling him "Lord, Lord;" in their personal familiarity and conversation with him, by eating and drinking in his presence and company; in their having heard him preach the doctrine of life and salvation, "Thou hast taught in our streets;" in their having prophesied, and wrought great miracles in his name and by his power;

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Mr.S. instanceth in the Creed and Ten Commandments as the principal traditions which parents teach their children; but now Mr. White can shew plainly that these are no traditions but stories, because "tradition is a sense delivered not in set words," &c.

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The apostle instanceth in crimes and vices of the first rate, from which yet he tells us many were cleansed and purified "by the name of the Lord Jesus, and the Spirit of God:" that is, by the power and efficacy of the Christian doctrine, together with the co-operation of

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St. James instanceth, as one would think, in none of the gross est and most considerable of these, the government of our tongue; and yet he peremptorily determines, that the want of this virtue is enough to destroy all a man's other pretences to religion:

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And this is the very case our Saviour instanceth here in the text: "Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?"

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"If thou wilt (says he) enter into life, keep the commandments:" and that he might understand what commandments he meant, he instanceth in the precepts of the moral law.

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