Oófer. -, f t Pet.+8 g I Cor. c;. saper cantica Serni.83. For all the ioy wherewith we ioy for your fake. The mea- fure of ioy is here exprelfed, together with the meanes of ir, f®ryour fak e, or byyour means ; f ach f'eIlow-feeling of their welfare, wrought his loue to this people. Remarkeable here is the fweetneffe and aatiablenefe at Chriftian loue, a f foording fo many comforts, and ioyes to our forties. Arnongtt many graces it is moll amiable ; as in o- ther refpef}s, fo, for that it iues vs interefi'irnto,and fenfè of all the happinefe ofothers; their Faith, Obedience,Vni- ty, euery good gift of God, brings horno ioy vnfpeake- able to our foules. Compare Phil.x.x. Col.2.5. That not without caul e, Saine Peter, with filch fem.. 'haft, exhorts roferueney oflene; fo many things there are eximious and eminent in loue abone many other Graces :Fir4,gall without it is as nothing. Secondly, none fo plentiful' and rich in vertuous fruits. Thirdly, . inone fo lafting:Prophecy >and Tongues ,and Faith,and PI ope, i end with this life, onely loue is end the life of Saints in heauen is loue. Be rnardsobferuation is in this kind elegant.Of all the motions and at%flions of the foule, loue it the onely, wherein we may reciprocate with God. If God bee an. gry with vs, may we be angry with him ? farte be it: ra- ther let vs feare and tremble,and pray for reconcilement, If God reprove vs, (hall wee dare to reprove him ? nay, ratheriuflifte him.If he iudge vs,we may not indge him, but rather adore him, &c. Bur in this of loue we may re- ciprocate with God, to reloue him is our happinetfe;wo, if we anfwer him not, in force meafiare of relouing af- f: pions. ' That foremeMtioned ads to it no finall cómendarion.It brings home ioy to the foule,from euery good grace and bleffing of God bellowed on our Brethren, fo amiable is Chrillian loue : he neuer wants ioy that hath it if from his ownefènfe it flow not, yet refùhs it plenteou fly from others happinetTe. And I: dare fay, hee hath no ioy that wants
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