Part.3.SeCt.1, Love-Melancholy. Mcmb.,,Subf. 2 , 4n butlee6iUitudehift,anim.li6.3.CAf.I4.thofetwoEpiftles of Lipji11s ---of.dogges an~horfes,AgeUius,&c.,Fifdy, for bringing up, as ifa Bitch bnng up a Ktd, a hen ducklings, an hcdge-fparrowa Cuckow,&c. The third kinde is Amor cognitio10il,as Leon calls it, Rationall Lovc.- InttUef!ivus amor, and is proper to men, onwhich I mull infifi.This ap~ pearesm God,AngeUs,Men. Godisloveitfdfe, thefountaine of Love the Difcipleof love,asP/ato fiiles him; the fervant of pea,_cc, the God of love and Peace; havepeacewithallmen and God is with you. · · zM.. t•••· , . ·····•fl!!.ifquilveneraturot;mpum, · a charitar -' Jp{e jibi mundum[11hjicit Atfk Deum: =~:~:;:a a By thM L1ve (faith Gerfon) wepur chafe heaven, andbuy the kingdome Deo_regnum of God. This b Loveiscithcrinthe Trinity it fdfe, fort he Holy Ghoft f:~,, ••,. is the Love ofthe F_athcrand the S?nnc,&c,Toh.3.5 5.and 5.2o.and 14. P•rtit. z••· 3 I. or towards us his creatures, as m makmg the world. Am~r mnndr;m <bl«< de •••u· ftcit, Love built Citties, mumli anima, invented Arts, Sciences, and all ~:;:J,j;J'bo,_ • good things, incites us t? vertue and hu~anity, com~ines & quickens; 4mor.e'Dei•: kecpes peace onearth,qUietneffe by fca,mtrth m the wmdes &demenrs, ~i~ . h 8 P expdlsallfeare,anger, and rufiicity: Ciraulus ,\ h~noin honum , a round dift:,;: .~.7, cir~le fiillfrom ~ood to _good; for love is the beginner and.end ~fall our om41orih.,, aCttons,the effiCient and mfirumentall caufe, as our Poets 111 thetr Sym- :~::,:·,~!'(:;. bo!s,Imprefes,t Embkmes,ofrin~s,fq~ares,&c.lhadow unto us, .,.,p.cemin Ss rerum qu.tr# fuer~t quu ftnu & ortus, """-':,:,·,. Define,nA111caufaeJlunicafolus amor . ~::'!n.,;, If firfi and !all of any thing you wit, wi!i4m,~'· Ceafe,!ove'sthe loleand only caufe of it. ~ cf'""""' Lovc,f.1ith c Leo, made the world, and afterwards in redeeming of it, .~ ·•oo.«n. Godfo lovedtheworld, thAt he gave his only begotten fonne forit,lohn 1· c 'Di•l·l· I 6.Behold what love the Fat her bath Jhewed on us, that we jhMldbtca/. ted thefommofGod.J.Iohn 3 .1. Or by his fwcet providence, in prate. €ling ofit;cither all ingeneral!, or his Saints elect and Church in particu~ Jar. w~om he keepcs as the apple of his eye, whom he loves freely, as dJuw•. Hofoai4·5 .lp~~ks,an~ dearly refpeets, d _charior eft ipfishomo, quam flhi. Not that we arefatre, nor for any ment orgraceofours, for we are ~fi vileand bafe; but out ofhis incomparable love and goodneffe, out ~'his divine Nature.Andthisis that Homm goldenchaine, which rea. chethdownefromHeavento earth, by which every creature is annex. •Gen. " c:d, and depends on his Creator. He made all, faith • Mofis, andit 111111 gt~d, and he loves it as good. Thclove of Angels and living foules,is mutuall amongfl: themlelvcs, towards us militant in the Churcli,and all fuch as love God; as the Sun beames irradiat the earth from thofe celefiiall thrones, they by their t C•offinur. well wii!Jesrdle& on us,t in flltJte homin11m p~omovend;atacres, & coil· jlalltts adminiflri, there is joy in heaven for every finner that repcntcth, t t'beoJoret i they pray for us, arefollicitous for our good, f Cajli genii. i'/otirfo, Ybi regnAt charitM, _fo4Vt depderiMm, L.ttitiafir & amor Deo &ollilmlltJs. Love properto mortal! men, i( the third Member of this fubdivifion, & the fubject of my tollowing difco11rfe! Mu1•~
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