300 necíouo Títtf to his Neighbour, or fay, Go and come again, as long as the Mercy-feat is open : And what is thy Neighbour ? is he not thine own fieih ? Nay, doth he not in a fenfe bear Gods Image ; and is he not capable of eternal Bieffednets? And who that hath a hope of tinging Hof.in- na's in Heaven would riot love fuch an one ? And will not God be glorified thereby? Graces thew forth more of God than Creatures, and Love more than all the reft,becaufe he is Love it felf.The Primitive Chrittians told the world whole they were, by their one heart and one Tertull. Jul, rt Ad.4.32. And afterward their Love was Apol. pointed at by the very Pagans, Paying, Vide ut invicem fe diligant, See how they love one another. And do we know what and how great a thing may be in ads of Love ? Same entertaining (trangers have entertained Angels, f b. 13.2. But poll-1131y we may do more, we may feed or cloth or vi it Chrif? in his poor mem. hers, and in the other World be repaid all a- gain with ufury. From fuch Divine Motives as thefe Faith actuates Love !"o our Neigh- bour ; but this is not all, Faith actuates it irr a regular and congruous way according to relations and propinquities; giving out a Love of delight to the Saints, as having molt of God in them ; a Love of mercy to the poor, as being Chrifts Treafurers ; a love of reverence to Pa- rents,by whom we received our being; a Love of proviion to Children, who are our felves mul- tiplied ; and a Love of benevolence to all; pot ex- cluding enemies ; to love enemies, is, (as on faith)
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