oiz the Glory of Chrifi. 9J worldly thol.ighrs, and a dtie Contempiaf!dn of the Glory of the Love of Chrift: Yea, an earnef!:; i1efs of Spirit, .. pregnant {vith a;; muHirude ~f Tbough.ts ~otit the la"vflil_ O~cafior:s of .Life, lS obftrucbve of ail due Commurtlon Wlth the L·ort! Jeflls Chriftherein. .·. , . , . , ,. . . . . , FE\V there are wnofe mmds are prepared 1i1 a. (:l'ue manner for this Duty. The Actions and . Communic;atior1s of the mort, evidCJ1Ce what is_ ihe inWard Frame of their Souls. They rove lip' and .down. in their. Thoi1ghts, wh_ich are tonti~ . nna1ly lead by theit AffeEl:ions into the C9rners of the Earth. lt is in vain to call fi1ch Pei·fons nnt6l Coi1templatiol1s of the Gloi'y ofChrift in his love., An holy Compo(ilre ofmind by virtue of fpiritua~· Frinciples,. an Inclination to feek after Refi·efhment. in Heavenly Things, and, to bath the foul in th~· f.·ountairt of them, with confi:ant apprehen11'onS1 of the excellency of this Divine Glory, ate requited hereunto~ . , . · . 2. BE nut fatisfiecf witlll General N otion} co'it~ ter~riing tl1e .Love of Chrift, vvhich' reprefenr no Glory unto the .mind, wherewith many deceive' themfelves. A1l who believe his Divme Ferfonl profe!s a valuation of his tove, and rhirr!{ rh em: not Chrijfians who are otherwife minded : . But . ~hey have only General Notions, and not any di .. ftinct Conceptions of it, and i'eaily know not what it is. To deliver us ffom this fi1are, 0ecu li.. ar Med1tations on ·its principal concerns, ~are r~- quired of lis. , As:i . i·. l¥HOSE Lo.Ve ii is; t1amely, of the Divine Petfon ?(the Son of God. He is exprd1y called GcuLj v. ttlr refpect rrnto the E.xefcife, of this Love ; • H that
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