.AudmyBelo'7Jedtsmine,. his owne and mu· parts too, our love to him, our feareofhim,our fatth in him, h~wOl'kS all, even as he fl1ewes his owoe love to us. If God love us thus,what mult we doe · ~ me– ditate upon his love, let our hearts bewarmed with the confideration of ir, let us bring tbem tothatfire ofhislove, and then they will waxe hot within us, and beg the Spirit, Lord thou hall: promifed to give thy _Spirit to them that aske it,and to circumcife our hearts to love thee, and to love one another, give thy holy Spi,rit as thou haft promifed·. In aw0rd,thcfe words )! ammy BelovedsAndmy Beloved i5mine, to joyne them both_together, they imply a mutuall propri~tty, Chrifi: hath a propriety in me, and I in Chriit,peculiar propri– ety,Chri£1: is mine,fo as I have none in the world fo mine; whom have I inHeaven but Chrifl: ~ and what is there inearth incornparifon of him~ he is mine, and mine in apeculiar manner, and I am his in apeculiar manner, there is propriety_ with peculiarity. Then againe rhefe words I am his, implies inutuall1ove, all is mutuall in them, mutuall propriety,mutuall peculiarity, and rnutuall love, I love Chtifi: fo as I love nothing elfe, there is nothing abovehim inmy heart, as Chrifi loves me m9fe then any thingelfc (faith the Church) and ~ery Chrifiian:he loves all, and gives out. ward benefits ro all, but to me hath given himfelfe, fo love I him. As the husband loves all in the family, his cattrllJandhis fervanrs, but he How to have our heartr war– med with the loveo)'GoJ. Pial. 39• Luko~t, That tbu con– fidence of the chuub implies. I. Proprie!JI. 2. Love . ••> Ee z giVes . ·----=-==- --------~----·---==="' ., ' --~- •
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