286 The Life of Faith. worketh by love- By love (: rve one another ; for all the Law is fulfilled in one word ; in this, Thou (halt love thy neighbour as thy fell. The fruit of theSpirit is love, joy, peace, long-fuf firing, gentìenefs, goodnefs --- Againfi fueh there is no Law. 'Pleb. 6. io. God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour oflove. r John 3. r4, We know that we have pxfl'ed from death to life, becaufe we love the brethren. r 8. My little children, ht us not love in word, nor tongue, but in deedand in truth And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and (hall af- fure our hearts before him. r ,ohn 4.7. Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God--- v. r6. God is Love, and he that dwelleth in Love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. v. 12. Ifwe love one ano- ther, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfefted in us. 2 Cor. g. 7. God lòveth a chearful giver. v. 6. He that foweth bountifully, (hall reap bountifully - -- Met.5.7.Bleffed are the merciful,for they (hall obtain mercy, Mattb. to. 4r, 42. He that receiveth a Prophet in the name ofa Prophet, (hall receive a Prophets reward ; and he that recciveth a righteous man, in the name ofa righteous man, (hall receive a righteous mans reward. And whofoever (hall give to drink to one oftilde little ones, a cup of cold wa- ter only in the name of a Difciple, verily I fay unto you, he Mall in nowife loft his reward. Mattb. 25. 54, 40, 46. Come ye blared ofmy Father, in- herit the Kingdom- --verily I fay unto you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of the leali of thcfe mybrethreri,ye have done it untome---The righteous (hall go into life eternal. Heb. t3. r6. But to dogood, and to communicate, forget not ; for with fuch facrifices God is well pleated. Fbil. 4.17. I defire fruit which may abound to your ac- count. 2 Cor. 9. 9. As it is written, He hath difperfed abroad ; he hath given to the poor; his rightcoufnefs remaineth for ever, IS. Prowlfes to the poor sm! needy Cbriftiars. Matti). 6.3o, 32, 33. If God foclothe the gears of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is caß into the Oven, (hall he not
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