1;:'~ SnR.Vl. Vjh. I. eproofo. • 2. Reprooft. JM!_~orv_e.___ _ ·fhip,aqd thechiefeft difcovery of fecrets, when 1 he gives us a par icular right to truths~ as our owne-,.that we can goe challenge them,thefe are mine, thefe belong to me_, t~de promifes are mine, this difcovery of the fecret love of God, 1 and of the inrerefi: we have in thepromifes, is a figne that Chrift loves us, and that in~ peculiar manner we are his love. Let us be like our bleffed Saviour, that where we fee any faving goodndfe in any, let us love them;for fhould not our love meet with our Sa– viours love. Shall the Church of God be the loveof Chrill:, and {hall it be our hatred~ Shall ·' ·. agood ChrHl:ianbe Chrifl:s love,and fluU he be l the object ofmy hatred and fcorne~can we imi– tate a betterpatterne ~ 0 ktus never thinke om etlate tobegood;except everychildeof Godbe our love, as he is Chrif.l:s love ! Can I love Chrifi, and cannot I love him in whom I fee Chrill: ~~ Itisaftgne that I hatehimfdfe, wherl I hatehis Image. It is to be wondred at,that the Devill hath pr.evailed with any fo much, as to thinke they iliould be in a good eftate, when they have hearts riling againll: the bell: people, and who as theygrow ingrace, fo they grow in their diflike ofthem.Is h~re theSpirit ofChrift~ And let them likewife be here reproved, that are glad to fee .any Chrifrian halt, flip, and goe awry.The befi: Chriftians in the world haverhat in parr, whichjs wholly in another man;hehath fl ··{h inhim. Shall we Utterly dHb!l:ea Chrifiian for that-: The Churchwas now in afleepy con· dition.t
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