Chap.~ .Sed.' g38 Book IV. ------~-------------------~------ wants, and to the making up of all thy lotfes! be!eeve, Oh be~ Leeve thy pm in Chrifr incarnate ! ~------'f-r--------.---.__.-.___ SE CT: '6. Of lov ing { efus in that re[p~fl. 6. L Et us love Jefm, as carrying on the"'great workof.our falvation at his fidl: coming, or incarnation. Now what is love, but an expa-nfion or egre!fe ofthe heart and fpirits to the object loved ; or to the ·object whereby it is drawn or attracted? Marke 0 my foul , whatfoev.er hath an attractive power, it is in that refpect an object, or general caufe oflove .; and canfr thou poffibly light on any object more attractive then the incarnation ofJefus Chrift ? iflove be the loadftone of love, . what an attractive is this before thee?' me-thinks the very fight of Chrift incarnate is enough co raviili thee with the apprehenfion of his infinite goodn~ffe: fee how he calls out, or (as it were) draws out the foul to union, vi!ion,and participation of his glory! 0 come, and yeeld up thy felfunto him; give himthy-feif , and conforme all thy affections and act ions to his wilj : 0 love him, not with a divided, but with all thy heart. " But to excite this love, I iliall only propound the objeCt, which will be · argument enough. Love caufcth love ; vow as Gods fir ft love to manwas in making man like himfelfe; fo his fecond great love, was in making himfelfe like toman ; fray then awhi le upon this love, for (I take it) this is the greater love of the two ; Nay, if I mufr fpeak freely, I bcleeve t his was the fu lld\: w!ible demonfr ration of Gods love that ever was ; the Eva ngel ift exprelfct h it thus, God fo loved t he world, that he ga·ve his or. fy begotten Sonne ; b:: gave him to be incarnate, to be made fl efh , and to fuffer death; bot the extenfion of his lqve !yes in that e1 preffion , he fo loved] So ? how ? why fo fully, fo fatherly ,fo freely, as no tongue can tell , no heart can think : In this love God dtd not only let out a mercy, give out a bare grace in it felft", but he wok our natureupon him. It is ufuaJiy faid, that it is a greater l.ove ofGod to fave a ~ou l , then to make a world; and 1 think it was
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