Pilgrim's Progress §55: Secondly, Thou must abhor his labouring to render the cross odious unto thee; for thou ...

Secondly, Thou must abhor his labouring to render the cross odious unto thee; for thou art to prefer it "before the treasures in Egypt." Besides the King of glory hath told thee, that he that "will save his life shall lose it." And, "He that cometh after me, and hateth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." I say, therefore, for man to labour to persuade thee, that that shall be thy death, without which, THE TRUTH hath said, thou canst not have eternal life; this doctrine thou must abhor.