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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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Reason of this is not grace and favour, but Nature, because Christ is his Son: as earthly men do love their children, because they come from themselves, and are of their substance. vid. Pro. 8.30. Heb. 1.2. Now according to the greatness of the persons loving and loved, so is the love, viz. every way infinite, the like whereof is not in the World to be found. So that Christ is he in whom is the beginning of Gods love, and on whom it doth rest, and from whom it is conveyed to all other. This, first, doth greatly amplify the love of God, that he would give the Son of his love to us: and of Christ, that being his Fathers delight, he would come from his bosom for our sakes. How great a love were it for a King to give his only son for a poor Captive. This thing was so highly accepted of God in Abraham, that he did not spare his only son, that it was an occasion why God did swear so to bless his posterity: Gen. 22.16, 17.
Reason of this is not grace and fauour, but Nature, because Christ is his Sonne: as earthly men doe loue their children, because they come from themselues, and are of their substance. vid. Pro. 8.30. Heb. 1.2. Now according to the greatnesse of the persons louing and loued, so is the loue, viz. euery way infinite, the like whereof is not in the World to be found. So that Christ is hee in whom is the beginning of Gods loue, and on whom it doth rest, and from whom it is conueyed to all other. This, first, doth greatly amplifie the loue of God, that hee would giue the Sonne of his loue to vs: and of Christ, that being his Fathers delight, hee would come from his bosome for our sakes. How great a loue were it for a King to giue his onely sonne for a poore Captiue. This thing was so highly accepted of God in Abraham, that hee did not spare his onely sonne, that it was an occasion why God did sweare so to blesse his posterity: Gen. 22.16, 17.