The souled ef flaQcatiinz toChM. 1;7 But nowhere is the difficultie,ifaman had that lovewhichcomes fromGod according tohis par- pofe, this would Bandus in Bead : but there is mach feigned, wilde, hypocriticall love, in the world : How (hall I ( therefore) know my love, whe- Xyet. ther it be true, oftheright nature, or no? Here is the skill,therefore we will skan themat_ dinfmr. ter a little; if it be true love, and right joy, God will acceptir,therefore put this love andjoyupon the triall,and we will fayno more than what we have ground for out of the do&ring of the text. Examine thy love and joy by this, whether thou welcornele, and entertaineQ the Lord Jefus Chrif}, as befeemeshim ; whether thouentertai- nef}grace,anfwerable to the worth ofgrace; for that is the nature of this love and joywhich God kindles and workes. Now this appeares in five particulars : The firf} is this,ifthouwilt know the truth and foundneffeofthy loveandjoy(for what I fayof the one,I fayofthe other, if love begood, joy will be found, for they growboth upon one root, onely the one hath more fweetneffe of Gods favour flied intothe heart, which makes the foule fport with it, &c.) I fay therefore to difcover the foundneffe of this love of thine, obferve theft trials : Firf}, obferve the root and rife, from whence %Trial'', thy love came, andwifely confider this, for it is a point ofgreat weight, and hard to difcover, yet it is that which will never faire, it is the narroweít H h fearch
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