66o Book.IV.Part-3- Lookingunto:fe{us. Chap.;. Sea.6 be thus lick is to be dead in fins and trefpJ ffes; why, furely I have heard enough, for which to love Chrill: for ever. The - drpths ofGods grace are bottomeleffe, they paffe our under- !tandings, yet tb-ey recreate our hearts; they give matter of admiration, yet they are not devoyd of confolation: 0 God raife up our fouls to thee, and if our fpirits ~e too weak to know thee, make our affections ardent and lincere to love thee. Surely the death of Chrifl: requires this, and cal's for this: m1ny other motives we may draw from Chrift, :~nd many other motives are layd down in the Gofpel, and indeed the whole Gofpel is no other thing than a motive to draw man to God by the force of Gods love co man; in this fenfe the holy Scriptures m:J.y be called the book., of true love, feeing therei11--God both unfolds his love to us, and alfo bindes our love to him; but ofall the motives we may draw from Chrifr, and of all the arguments we may fin de in the Gofpel ofChrifr; there is none to this, the death of Chrift, cbe blood of Jefus : Is not this fuch a loveletter, as never, never was the like ? reade the words, for his great /$ve wherewith he loved m,Eph 2-4- or ifyou cannot reade, obferve the Hyeroglyphicks, every !tripe is a letter, every naile is a capital letter, every bruife is a black letter, his bleeding wounds are as fo many rubricks to lhew upon record : Oh con· - fider it, is not this a great love? are not Jill mercies wrapt up in this blood of Qhrifr? it may be thou hafr riches, honours , friends, meanes, oh but thank the blood of Chrifr for all thou haft; it may be thou hafr grace, and that is better than corne, or wine, or oyle : oh but for this thank the blood of J.efus, furely it was the blood of Chrifl: that did this for thee; thou wall: a rebeliiom foul, thou had'fr an hard and filthy heart, but ( hrifis blood was the fountaine op~ned, and it took away all fin, and all unckanneffe; Chrifr in all, and Chrifr above..all, and wilt thou not love him .P Oh that all our words were words of love, and all our .labour, labour ot love, and all our thoughts, thoughts o f love; that we might fpeakeof Jove, and mufe of love, and lo.ve this Chrift, who hath fi rllloved us, with all our heart, and f~ u ' ,andmight! what? wilt thou not love JefusChrifi? let ' me aske thee then, whom wilt thou love? or rather whom canft thou love, ifthou loveft not him~ ift!:ou fayfl: I love my friends, - Parent!,
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