• !J.!t;fl. .Anfw-, Heb.u. MyLo'TJe, comfort, as he is to difcomrort us, and make us defpaire. Let us be wife to gather all the argu– ments of Chrifts love that we can. But howjh~tll weknow th~tt (hrijlloves us in this peculiar mAnner? Firft, Search whatcourfe hetakes and hath ta– kerHodraw d:ee nearer Unto him ; he chajlifeth every ene thAt he loveth. Seafonable corrections fand:ified are a flgn of Chritls love,when hewil not fuffer us to thrive in finne, when we cannot fpeake nor doe amitfe;but either he Ialheth us in ourconfciencefor it~and byhis Spirit checks us, or elf~ fiirs up others,one thing or other tomake us out cflove with fin. Againe, we may gather Chrifl:s loveby this, · if we haveany love to divine things, and can fee a great price upon the bell: things, upon the word,becaufe it is Chrifts word;upongrace,pri– zingthe imageof Chrift, and the new creature,, when we can fetan highvalue upon communi. on with Chrifi , the fenfe of his love in our he:trts, and all fpirituall pt~rogatives, and exceL lenci('sabove all things,this isan ex'Cdlentargu– ment of Chrifl:sloveto us; Our love is but are– fledion of his, and therefore ifwe have love to any thilrg ·that is good, we have it from him firfl:. 1fawall thar is cold become hot, we fay, !the Stmne, ofnec('ffiry mufl: fhine on it firll:, be1caufe it is nothingbut cold tloneof it felfe. So if lour heal'ts,that are naturallycold be heated with I khe I ~>Ve ofol iv.ine things, certainly we may fay, } lChnfi hath fhmedhere firfi ; for naturally our I I · heartsl --~-___,.___-
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