Serm. I 2. Affurance is Kale. 289 obiervable that this was after Peters fall, by which he had learned to have a holy je lloufie over his own hears, and Chrift doth not intimate any deceitfulnefs in his heart in this,as he did before When he faid(rn) m Ivlat.Z6.33. twice chat he would not deny him. 3S. By the effeas of love , we may certainly know that we love Sign of true him. love to God. I. By thy unfeigned defires to be like unto him, we love ro imitate thole whom we dearly love; love produceth aflimilacion, if he be holy fo wouldli thou be, if he hace fin fo dolt thou. 2. By thy hearty delire to be united co him , to have him with ",, Nihil magi thee, * his pretence thou doff delire, his sbfence thou cana nor bear grc ale without mourning and complaints and wifhing , oh that I could fee amor,omnium him : oh that 1 could meet with him : and therefore thou goefi from rer.amp tientif duty to duty, from ordinance to ordinance ; from thy prayers in thy yn`s,'ifif flute Clofer. to the Congregation , if thou mighcefl finde him there, from a c er ^x_ the Word to the Sacrament , if thou mighrefl find him there , if he orquet confo).- come unto thee thou rejoycefi , if he withdraw himfeif thy foul is tem. Nie, omb. troubled. De Grit. p.p. 3. By thy great care to pleafe him, fear to offend him , and * re- 333 figning thy felf to him. When it grieveth thy heart to grieve thy Lord, a Seaf eato and it breaks thy heart when thou breakei his Commands, 'o& 14.:radii.. I 5. If ye love me keep my Commandments , verfe 21. He that hash racy Commandments, and keepeth them , he it is that loveth me, John 2. cap. 3. And hereby we know that we knoav ( including this affed }ion of love unto) him, verle 4. He that faith 1 know him, and keepeth not his Commandments, is a lyar, and the truth is not in him, verfe 5. Bart whofo keepeth his word, in him verily ís the love of God perfected : Hereby we [ know ] that we are in him, I .Tohn 5. 3. For this is the love of God , that we keep his Commandments , and his Commandments are not grievous , becaufe of the love we have to him that loth com- mand. 4. By the love that we bear unto his image, in whomfo- ever we do fee it , and love them that are like to Chrift , fo much that we could deny our felves of honours, and profits were it ne- celfary and God (hould call us to it, to do them good ; as we love Cl-, rift above all, fo we love his likenefs in others, and the belie- ver for Chrifls fake above outward things, that if he be in neceffìry we do not onely with him well, but part with fomething, and if Goland theLaw of nature did not requite us to lay it out;firft for neceífary pro - vifion for our families , could part with all to help them in their great 0 0 2 (n)necefficy Are? etch. a. The foul that loves God, loth ecelo to Gods Commands. Pf . 7 8. When thou fa;deft - -- my heart faid.-
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