Spe Poo anz family ltSoott. 77 you (g) Love your Neighbour as your [elf ? I pray you underftand the matter aright. 1. God mull be firft and principally Loved, as the chief and infinite Good : He mull be Lovedfor himfelf, as being Good- nefs it felf, andmolt amiable in himfelf, and that unli- mitedly withas the foul. The Creature muff be Loved onlyfor God, as bearing his Image or the marks of his perfection, and as a means to ,know and pleafe and Glorifiehim : Thofemull be moll' loved who have molt of the Image of God, in wifdom, righteoufnefs and bolinefs. The Godly mull be loved as Godly with a #ecial Love. ProleffedChriflians mull be beloved as fach. All men , even our (h) Enemies, mull be loved Ai Men, with a Common love. And all this for Gods workupon them, andhis intereft in them. But a felfifh Carnal man, loving his Carnal fell more than God, doth make himfelf the flandard and Realm ofhis Love to others. He loveth not thofe belt, who are bell, and moll holy, or ferviceable to God, and the publick good;But thofe that Love andHonour himmolt; and thofe that are moll of his opinion ; and thofe t11af will be Ruledby his Will, and never crofs it : and thofe that do moß,for him, and are moll profitable to him, A true Chriftian loveth his Neighbour, as you love the Children ofyour dearefl friend ; for the parents fake, But a Carnal man loveth his Neighbour partly as a dog loveth his Mailer for feeding him, and ,tartly as all (g) GaI.5.14.. 7ar4.2.8, i Pet.2. 1 7.d- 3.8. Rom:. 1;. 9,1O.CT' 13.9,I0.2 Cor.l3.ii.Gal.5.5,13,22.Col.I. 4^ Irhef,4.9.i Pet.1.22. i7ch.4.7;8. foh.13,34. 6- 15. I 2,17.1 yob .4.7 I, I 2, 20, 21. & 5.2. 2Joh. 5. Cor-: 2.2. Eph.4.2,150. 6- 5,2, (h),Lcv.19'.18, 34. Mat, 5.4446. Cregures,
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