------------------------~---------------, 1 176 / . MyLorve. Sa R. VII. ' we could not be his Spoufe unldfe he purchafed us by his death. We muft be his Spoufe by a fa– tisfaetion made to Divine Iujlice. God would not give us to him,but with falving his Iujfice. What fweet love is it to heale us not by fearing,or lan– cing,but by making a plaifier of his own bloud~ which he fl1ed for thofe that fuecl his in malice and hatred. What a wondrous love is it, that he fhould powre forth teares for thofe thJt fl1ed his Mat.z. 3 • 37 . bloud,o Ierafalem, Ierufalem,&c. that he pray– ed for thof~ that perfecuted him '! and wh'!t wondrous love is it now that he fympathizeth with us in Heaven, accounting the harme that is done to the leaft member he hath'l as done to Ad: 9·4· himfelfe~Saul,Saul,whyperftcuteft thoume ? and 1 Cor.u. that he fhould take us into one Body with himfelfe,to make one Chrifi t! and he cloth not con– tent himfelfe with any thing he! can doe for us here ; but his defire is that we may be one with him more and more, and be for ever with him in the Heavens, as you have it in that excellent prayer,Iohn 17.24. Nowrhis fuouldftirus up to 'be fully perfwa– dedof his love, that loves us fo much. Chrifis I love in us, is as the loadftone to the yron, our hearts are heavy and downwards of themfelves. l We may efpecially know his loveby this, that it dra wes us npwards, and makes us heavenly minded, it makes us defire further and further communion with him, flill there is a magneti– call attraetive force in ChrHls love,wherefoever it is,it drawes the heart and affeClions after it. l . And .
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