IammyBe/o--peds, Sut. .XIX~ againft him, thatthey may givethemfelve5 and ~cor, to. all they have to Chrift,if he call for ir, for he Luk.1,..:z. 6 • that dorh not fo is not worthyofChrill,ifwe do not this at leaft inpreparation ofmind, let us not owne the name of Chriftians, lefi weownethar ( which fuall further increafe and aggravate our condemnation , profdftng Religion one way, and yet alienating our minds to our lulls and pleafures of the world another wa~to havepe– culiar love fits ofour owne difiind trom Chritr how fia~ds ~his with, I 4~my. Beloved! ,llnd m; Belovedts mme,how fiands tt wnh the felfe reftg.. . nation that wasfpoken of before. Rell{onr (If felfe ~ow t~is f?llowes upon apprehenfton of refi~n.stion .to Chnfi hemg ours, I Ammy Beloveds, 6ec411{e m1 . chrfitP 'J J•ethngt ' Bel()ved iJ minefir.ft. There are fonre reafons why per wa e t a . · b r. ·he uourr. Chnft m,utl; be glVenro us, erore we can give our fel ves tohim by this fdfe refignarion. 1. Buaf!_fo he u the chieft (}ring of a/1goodaffe– aions,whichhe mufl: plant in us.,loving us,ere we can love him, I !oh 4.ro,I9. 2. · Btc~tufe love defcends,though it beofa fiery nature, yet in this it is contrary, for love de– fcends~ whereas fire afcends, the fuperiour firft loves the ioferiour, Chrill: mufl: defcend in his love to us, ere we can afcend to him inour affe-. ctions. . 0 3· BecAu_(e sur nAture is juch thAt we cannot live b,et where wee know our ftlves t.o lie loved firfl ; therefore God is indulgent tO· us herdn, :md th::tt wemay love him he manifdl:s his love: fi rfl: tous. 4-.Bt-. \
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