. -' J ~~-,4 ~-o--------=cn::-.~::-De-S-:-a-in-t--r----- ........._. . .. 1 holinetre, etrtdJeated 111 rvnhhisjp"irit;,againft the ,a, of redemption.'Thefeand -quny other bleffings; graces and comforts flowing from them, knit our beans faft and nearly unto him, afrer we be atfured by a true faith, and the fpirit of adoption, that they are certainly ourowne. But·no unregenerate man , is really and truly partaker 9f thele Jpiriruall pre– rogatives, and therefore cannot truly and,f1ncerely loveGod~ This then is the firfi branchof·divine · .love) whenwedearly andaffectionatelj loveGod ' for.all thofe good-things hee vouchfafes unt0 us through Chtifi. He that bathno~a fenCe and tafre ofthefe things·bya found faith_, .commonly lOV-e$ God principaUy·for his profic,:and profperiry in theworld, not .much unlike inchisp<>inttoa little childe, that fayes his prayers.onely that heem~y , breake his fafr. · . · 2- A fecondfraireand r::ifing·ofour love, is·to · love him for all thofe beauties, excellencies, and eternities ; all that incomprehenfible Maiefiie, purity and glory, which hee .infinitely and eter– nally po1felfetb in himfeJfe ; fame gliQlpfes, fha– dowes and ·refemblances of which, hee hath fcat:– tered and difper[ed amongO: his .creatures. Wee .are noc to love -God onely for the good wee have recei~ed from him, even in heavenly things, ·but ~l.fo for his owne goodneffe,and for:that great Ma· ;efiie, and unapproachable'light, which encompat: !ethhimin the h~avens. Hence it is that fucb aze-a– lous .pa11goffervencie in this kinde, and fuch an .IIDqqe~habfe rhirfl: of fanctifying -Gqds Name, i and the~d~aqcement of bis King4ome, po!fetfed j r . . . ' the
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