I ammy Belo'"1eds, Chrifi will allow of no bigamy or double mar– riag~ where he bath any thing to doe, we muft \ have fingle hearts, refolving though I f.1ll, yet I purpofe to pleafe Chrifi,and togoe on in J good converfation ; and if our hearts tell us fo, daily infirmities ought not ro difcourage us, we have helps enough for thefe. Fall:, Chrill: bids us 3ske forgivendfe, and then we have the mercy of Chri it to beare wirh weaker veifcls, then his 1 Advocation, he is now in Heaven to plead for i\ 1 Ioh.2.:., lls;ifwe were perfect we needed not that office: 1Let none bedifcouraged therefore, but let us la– That to foff:r bour more and more, that we may be able to and to.. fdact~z~- comprehen~ in fome meafurethe love ofChrift, tate a~ u ter, l d . 'ff r. I d rwee fhould La- [o will al uttes come o tWeet y an eanly) hour more antl and then wee {hall be inabled to fuffer alJ · ~~:of~ohri;~e things,not onely willingly, hut cheerfully, and / rejoyce in them. Love is ofthe nature of fire, which .as it fevereth and confumeth ·!ll that is oppofite,all droffcand dregs,and di~olves cold– ndie:fo ir quickens and makes~d:ive and lively, it hath a kind of confiraining force, afweetvio– lence(as the Apoll le faith) the love ofchriflconjlraineth,l Cor.5 .24. Let aman that loves the Lord Iefus Chrifl in finceriry, be called to part with his life, he wilI yeeld it as a facrifice with comfort. Come what will,all is welcome when we are inflamed with the love ofChrift, and the more we fuffer} the more we find his love ; for he referves the ma- · nifefiation of his love moll for times of futfe-~ ring, and the more we fiod the rnanifefrarion of his ,
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