to the Chief of Sinners. f39 liehold that$ art fair: But at' that tin1e he made .thefe two wo~ds, My love, his chief and fubjofr 'matter; frem which, after he had~ little opened the Text, he obferved thefe feveral Conclufions : I. That the Church, ~tnd fo .every_(aved Soul, is Chrift's Lo,ve,when lo~elefs. 2. Chrijf's Love without a caufe. 3.Chrijl's Lcve,1vhen hatedby the World. +- Chrift'J Love, \ when under Ttmptat'ion ard under Defrrtion. 5· Chrift's Love., from fi'ft to :Jajf~ · 9 I. But I got nothing by what he faid at prefent; only vihen.he came to the Applica– tiori of the fourth Particnlar .. this wa~ the Word he faid; Ifit be[o,that the foved Soul u Chrijt's Love, when under TcmptPltion and Dejcrtion ; then, poo~r ttmpt~d Sotd, tvhtn thou .art t f]~lted and ajfliffed with Te1npt'ations, and the idings (tf God's Face, yet think on ti:Jefe tWQ . ~ ords, My Love, fti!l. i. 92. So. a~ I was going hon1e,thefe \Vords .cla1ne agatn Into my thoughts, and I weY re-– x1Jember, as they came in, I [aid thus in my ~·eart, J¥hat j/ullllget ~y thinking on tbefe trvo .Jfprds ? This thought haq no fooner paired ~to' myheart, but thefe Words began thus tp)dndle in my Spirit, Thou art my LovQ,thou dritmy DtJve, twenty tin1.es together, and ftill a;s 1tf~ey ran\in my Mind, they waxed ftrongcr '¥1~ warmer,and began to n1ske me lookup$ }iu~ t being as yet between hope and fear, I ~ill r.eplied in ·my .heart, llut u it true, br-tt it i4·ttni l At ~hich, ~hat Sentence fell' upon · · · · me,
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