fe/fe,.inriching extJmination. this life ; lov·e ofall other things, and all other loves in him) are fwallowed up in the torrent of this felfe k>Ve, as leffer Rivers in the Sea. Bnt it is farre otherwife with every one, whichbya fruit– full and working faith is affured of Heaven ; for h.doves himfelfefo; that he loves God irrfinitely more, with the deareft pang of his befl: and 'fir-On– gefl: affeCtion, hee· fiveetly embraces every true ChrHl:ian; he loves all other things with relation unno.God, and refervarion ofhis glory. His ·love , nrtto ·himfdfe is .recHfie& and :direfr.ed unro·:rrue happineffe ; not mi!..fpent in furniflring'aild filling : himfelfe with worldly wealth ·, and earthly plea– fures, fGrthebodyonly,~butisfenently imployed infitting his immortall foule with g.race, that it mayHveeternally'hereafvei')n·thegloryofheaven. 4.-Lafily)That fpeciaU and impartiall1ove which fprings out of nature,' or fome kindeJofneerneffe, as to wife,childrenJkindred,friends.) f~miliars~ and where there is is nograce, likeagreatRiver~·-many timesoverflowes the banks ofmoderation, difcre– tion, and teafon, 1s happily fe-afoned and fancl:i– fied by faving faith, and made thereby more fer- . vent, comfortable, and faithfull: r. \ No man can truly lovehiswife, but the true Chrifrian,and fantl:ified man; hemay love her bo– dy, her beauty, her wealth,herbirth, her friends, the outwardcomfort and contemmentilie brings withher, &c. But he loves not her foule, for hee neither made .hischoice principally for grace, nor beingmatched, cloth,chiefly wifh and worke he!r fpirituallgood, clothnot growwith her in faving · . · M . grf}ces
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