4~4 \ lAmmy Belo-vedr. 1 SE R.XX. ry particular ·35 to tke .Church. _ 'Uft 3. To come to make an U fe ofDiretlion,how to , ~~:m~: :Oa~: i come1to b5abi~toFfay thi;., I a 1 mmy $t/okvcds ~nd i able 10 [aywith i ~y Be ovee u mtne. or an1wer ereto ra enott~e . the church, 1 m the firfl place from the dependance, Chnfi ·\' artnr1Y Beto· mufi be firft ours before we can give our felves 'IJeJsl&c. to him, therefore we muftdwe/1in the conjideration 1 1 1 1 • of chrijls love;this rnufi dirt!ct and leade our mel!"e muft Jw~!J thod in this thing. Would we have our hearts to t~tbeconfide_ra· love Chrift to truft in him and to embrace him I tton Q[ Cbrijls '· ' ' · , to'IJe to :u. why then thmke what is he to us '? begin there, I nay and what weare ~ weake, and in our appre- \ henlion loft, then goe to confider his love; his confiaQt love to his Church and children, whom Ioh,13· 1 ; heloveshelovestotlie end. We mufr warmeour foules with theconfiderationofthe loveGfGod iB him to us, and this will fiirre up our Faith to Gal..~.9• him backe againe:Forwearemore fofe inthAt he i5 Phil.3.1 2.. ours ,thm thAt wegive our[elves tohim: we are more foftinhit clmprehendingif tu, thm incur clAJ}ing t~nd holding if him : As we·fay ofthe mother and the childe both hold,but the fafetyofthe childe is that the mother holds him : if chri.fl oncegive himftlfetom;hewiUmakegoodhit ownepart alway, our fofity u more on hu fide then on ours. Ifever we have feluh~ IoveofChrifi,wemay comfort olll fdvts with thecoafla~<!Yand perpetuity thereof, though perhaps we find not our aifeltions war– med to him at all times,nor alike·;yet the fir~·ngth ofa Chriftians comfort !yes in this, that firfi, Chrif! is mine,and then in the ff:cond place, t!Mt I Af!J h11. Now( Ifay)that we may beable to main1 - tain~\
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