Ieh.17.. ult, I. ·My Lo-ve. U}ty Lo-ve. That word we had not yet. It is 'rVorthy alfo alittle lbndin~oa,,;Setoll thefefoare wordsbe (as it were) he attraCtive cords ~o draw the Spoufe, not o .ely by {hewing what he had fuf. fered,but by fweet titles,Ul'IyLove,mxDove. 1 What had cthri!l: no love but his Spoufe~did / his love goe out Gf his owne heart to her (as it 1 were~) It is fi:range, yet true; Chrills love is fo great to his Church and Children, andfo conti– nuall eo it~ that his Church and Peorlc, and eve~ ry Chri!l:ian foule is the feat of his love~ That love inhisowne breast being in them, they are hu love, becaufe he himfelfe is there, and one with them. He loves all his Creatures,they have all fome beames of his goodneffe, Which he mufl needs love,therefore he loves them as Creatures ; and as they be more or lelfe capable of a higher de– gree of goodnelfe;but for his Church and Chil– dren,they are his love indeed. But what is thegrotMdoffoch love ? 1. He loves them ~U he beholds them in huFa– thers choife, as they are Elected ofGod, and gi– ven unto bimfelfc inEled:ion;Thine they are, thou gaveff themme. Chrifl: looking on us in Gods Elecl:ion and choice,loves us. . 2. Againe, Heloves U5, !Jec.zufe he(ees his owne Graces in tu ,he loves what is his in us . .Before we beactually hisJ he loves us with a love if gO!Jd will, towifhallgoodtous; butwhenwebave any thingof his Spirit, that our naturesare alte- , recl
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