Cora. r. Ofthe Love ofGod,and the contraries thereto. Chap.z 2: 257 4. Tales. When we had eflranged our felves from him and ferved his enemies, then he loved us ; nay, when we were our felves his enemies. Rom.S.tó: 5. Tantum. Saint Chr?foflome upon that of Saint Sohn, [ God fo loved the World In companion of Gods love with others, all Adverbs may be left out, no frost to this Ephef s 4. lie, The Apoftle may well call it great love. He fpaecd not his own Son, but delive- Rom,s.;z, red him up for us all. This for Gods tantum. 2. God the Son hath his tansum too. for our fakes he left Heaven, the Society of God the Father, Angels, and Saints, and endured upon Earth. r. Infamy. 2. Po- verty. 3. Sicknefs. j. Enmity. 5. Death. The Philofophers m.>; a+egafive fearful! things. I. He had ignominy and reproach ; and that not only while he lived , as theMat.tz..24 Pharifees flandered him to deal in Sorcery , to caft out Devils in the :7,63; Devils Name , but when he was dead too. The fame Pharifees told PilateEfa.S3.3. that he was an Impollor and Deceiver : He was defpifed , faith the Pro. phet. 2. For the want of necefiaries you may take fits own word , that he was in worfe cafe than Fouls, and Beafts. Foxes have Holes, and Birds ofthe Air haveNefis; but theLuk.g.S8; Son of Meanhash not where to by his Head. 3. For his Infirmities. The Prophet Efoy defcribes them at large, long be- fore his roaring them. He was wounded for us ; and by his (tripes we are Efa514,54 healej, &c. 4. He was hated above all others as we may read in the whole Roryofhis Life. Though he did much good , and many Miracles among them; yet they fo perfecuted him , that oft -times they were ready to ftone him; and neverJohn S.r;*, left him, till they brought him to the tail part of the five, which he fuffered upon Earth. 5. And that was Death. This alto he fuffered for loveofus. And greaterlove ,,3 than this hath no Man , then to lay down his life for his Friend; yet Chri(tfirffer. eel fhameful death for us, that hated him, and were his Enemies; and as the Apoftic faith , hereby (if all other figns of his love move usnot) perceive wet John 3.t6- his love; becaufe he laid down his life for us. And in this particular, is that in the Confides confirmed , Love is as thong as Death : fuch Love is perfeft Cant:8.6. Love. 3. The Holy Ghoft is not without his Tantum. For after the Ninon ofour Saviour, when Chrift was affcended , he vouchfafed to come and dwell among us; and among other his Graces, to fhed his Love abroad in our hearts; and to make his Roms.s. J Relidence with us, to theWorlds end. And here we may Judge, between God, and our felves; God may refer it to us, Whether he hath left any thing undone , that he might have done, to teftifie his love afa. S. ;,q', tous. 6. Gratis, he loved us without expeûlancy of any reward from us; we have nothing that can better him, nothing at all. Our goods (orought elfe) arenothing to him. The Prophet demands, what reward (hall I give unto the Lord? nothing PfaLt6.r: but love, for love. Saint Bernard upon that Pfalm is of the fame opinion, non me-- it .11, liva necdecent-ins , quam perdiletlionem rependere quad per diileulianem datumell, there is no better,or more decent thing,than to repay that which is given lovingly, By Love. For as St. Augufline faith , uid eft homo, quadamari vieab eó, &f non onset ie, mina.. ris ingentempenam ? Annon pana farts magna eft non amare to what is Man, that thou defireft tobe loved by him ; and that thou (houlde4 threaten to punifh him for not loving thee ? Is it not puni(hment enough not to love thee. There needsno punifhment to force us to love our Meat and Drink,andother natural things; and yet we fee, that to bringus to the loveof that which is fupernatural, we need threats, and rewards; fo refradlory is our Nature. And now we come to that which is commanded (by the firft Rule) which is Love; whether it be. z. Amore naturali, the natural affellion, which is from God; and confequently,is by nature due toGod: for to love him a quopotencian, hake- mua amandi, is but equitable. Whether it be. 2. Amore ideates with a love of e- leetion ; for when we have fummed up all the objefts in the World together, we (hall find nothing to be beloved fo much as God. Or whether it be. 3. *ore infufe
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