248 Pauls Con,erfion. in Chrifi, and grace, it will Winne your love, you will prize him above all things : no man will prize a Iewell till hee know the worth of it , fo no man will prize Chrifl as excellent till hee know him : therefore labour to bring your her=rts unto fuch z frame, that you may fee that excellencie that is in Chrift, which you cannot kein any thingelfe, and then you will love him above all things. 2. Motive. The fecond motive to per fwade you, is this, that this good you fee in Chrift is yours , if you be his : now that which makes a man to love any thing that hee hart) property and right in, is this, becaufe it is his owne, and ifyou aske him where- fore hee loves his wife, or his child, or his goods, hee will anfwer, becaufe they are mine owne : fo till a man make Chuff his owne, hee will not love him above all things, but when bee is once come to this, that Chrift is his owne,then hee will prize Chrift above all things , and love him above all things; (mine owne) hath a great force, that is a: part of my fclfe; fo when Chrift is your owne, when you have made Chrift a part of your felves, then you will love him, and prize, and efleeme of him, as you doe ofyour felves: and you will as unwillingly part with him., as with thenobleft member of your body; therefore examine your humiliation by your love : I fay, not fo much by the greatnefie of your humiliation, as by your love, the effA ofit : examine your love by your prizing of Chrif}, and grace, and goe through all Cor. 13. the workes of love, z Cor. 13. it is patient, it fuf -' fereth
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