in the Day of judgment. I S I Secondly, The happy effect of this per- S ER M. feeion, which is eftablifhing our hearts VIII. in the expectation of the future judg -`'V`. ment, giving us boldnefs in it, and carting out all tormenting and difquiet- ing fear. Fi,y , To fhew what is meant by the perfeftion of love, or our being made per - feet in it. We mull obferve that this is the grand fubjeft the apoffle treats of from the 7th verfe of the chapter to the end, as it is indeed the great principle of all moral good- nefs, and the very fum of our duty. 'Tis true, he infifls chiefly and more largely on what is ftrielly called charity, or the love of our fellow- chriflians and fellow -crea- tures ; not however as feparated from the love of God, but connefted with it ; for when we are urg'd to love one an- other, the main argument enforcing this duty is taken from the love which God has manifefted to us in feuding his Son to be the propitiation for our fins; which argu- ment can no otherwife affeft, than from a principle of gratitude or love to God, be- caufe of the great benevolence and com- paffion he has (hewn to us. And in the N ,3 words
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