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EphefilXs,CI
ape3.
V
t
R.191
hisaffe&ion as man is,
forthe
quantity
of
it unmeafutable,
he
as
a
full
receiver, did
receive all
Love
in
the
perfeétion
of
it.
For the
quality of
o
er
s.5e
it,
it
is
free, not for
his
advantage;
when he wns
rich
be
became
poore
Nor
for our
defervings did
he
love us,
for
be
loved
us
fill,
even when
we wereenemies. a. Hislove
was fruitful! and
true,
as fhall be
decla-
red
after. 3.
It
was
conffant
tothe end,
loh.
t
3.
r.
For the
effects
which the Scripturecalleth
love,
as
comming
from
love, we may confider
them,
r.
In
that
evil!
he
fuffered
for us.
x. In that great good
he worketh
in us:
ale
abhorred
not the
Virgins
Wombe
but
emptied
himfelfe
and be-
came
man.
z. He took
the infirmities
of
our
linfa!!
nature, finneexcepted;
be
wire
like
tafinfud flef
,;
Rom.
1.3.
3.
He
laid
down
his life
for us:
In this
we know
the love
of
god, that
he
laid
his
life
down
for
we;
So
that
as
he
pleadeth,
bee in love
did
let
his
head
he wet
with
dew,
and
his locks
with
the
drops
of
the
night, that
is, no-
thing
was fo
difficult,
but
he
did willingly undergoe
it
for
our
fake.
a. The
good which
he
hath done for
us
,
cannot be uttered
as who bath freed
us
from finne
and
death,
fet us
in
a
glorious
&late
before
God:
He
bath lovedus,
and
waJhed
us
from
our
ftnnes in his
blood;
and
made
to
Kings and Priefis
to
God.
He
hath
fee us
in
heavenly places.
3.
As
lovers thew love,
in
that
their hearts cleave,and they
mutually
I
imbraceone another: So doth Chrift,he doth dwell
in us
by
his
Spirit,
cone.1.2.
familiarly apply himfelfe
to our
fpirits,He
doth
kiffe
us
with ktffesofhis'
C>titl.l4.
mouth.
His
left
hand
is under
my
head,andhis
right
hand
Both
imhrace
me;1
which doth thadow nothing but this, how
he
doth
apply himfelfe to
us
by
his
Spirit
making love, even
as
outward
love
is
teftifyed by
fuch
lignifications; and
when
we
come
to
be where he
is,
he
titan
ref¡Ice
in
Eray.6s,
r.
orw
as abridegroome dotb
in
his
bride: This
is
his
love which
is
his ban
-
ner
over
us,which banner
is
fpread, when
out
of
the word
it
is unfol-
ded
to
you
:
Happy
are thofe
that gather
themfelves
to
it, that
fay
in
their beasts, O how bath our Saviour
Chrift
loved
us
!,.
This
is
the
Corps,
if
wee be
young eagles,the right
difciples
of
Chrift,
wee will
fly
hither.
It
is
the
fpurre
of
all
love
to
Chrift.
We
love
him,
becaufe he
bath
lovedas
Aft.
How
can
we
fufficiently frgnifie
our love
to
him
that
hath
thus
loved
as
e.
It
is
the example
of
that
love wherewith we
muff
love'
ourbrethren:
for
quantity without meafure; for
quality,freely,fruirful-
ly, conftantly;
Not,love
me,and I willlove
thee,not with Court
holy
-
water,
as
we fay,
not off and
on according
as
love now
a
dayes
goeth.
That
ye
may
be
filledwith all
fudneffe
of
God.]
This
is
the third
petition
which
he beggeth
for
thofe
Ephefians,
that
they might not
faint at
his
afllidions.
r.
We
mull confider
of
the
meaning.
a.
How he
can with
this to the Ephefians which
feemeth
to
trutbe
h.
the
Priviledge
of
Chrift;
loh.
a
.
14.
full
ofgrace
and
RevF.xtS.:
Epic
P3.6.
;
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How