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The pattern of perfection exhibited in Gods image on AdamThe paterne of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam
The pattern of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam: and Gods covenant made with him. Whereunto is added an exhortation, to redeem the time for recovering our losses in the premisses. And also some miscellanies, viz. I. The prayer of faith. II. A preparative to the Lords Supper. III. The character of a sound Christian, in 17. marks. By T.H.The paterne of perfection exhibited in Gods image on Adam: and Gods covenant made with him. Whereunto is added an exhortation, to redeem the time for recovering our losses in the premisses. And also some miscellanies, viz. I. The prayer of faith. II. A preparative to the Lords Supper. III. The character of a sound Christian, in 17. markes. By T.H.
London: printed by R. Young for R. Young, 1640
THE PATTERN of perfection. › Section 4: §. 4.THE PATERNE of perfection. › Section 4: §. 4.
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3. He was able to have his heart carried with great intention of soul, to bestow his mind upon the Lord. When Adam did choose God above all, then he had power to have his heart carried with greatest extent of strength to him; for thus it is commanded, by our Saviour to the Lawyer in the Gospel, Matth. 22.37. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy might, & with all thy strength: ⟨p. 70⟩so was Adam carried with the utmost of his strength to close with God. If God should have threatened, Adam would have trembled; if he should have revealed his goodness, Adam would have been enlarged in love thereof; if he should have revealed his name, Adam would have honoured it. This frame of his will made him carry himself proportionably to Gods will to the utmost of his strength. A man must love his neighbour with his whole heart, not with some of it, yet not with his whole strength: A man may love his neighbour too much; but when he comes to the love of God, he must love him as much as he can. Adam ought to have loved his neighbour ⟨p. 71⟩with his whole heart, yet it was not required of Adam to love his neighbour as his wife; but for his God, he was to bestow his whole strength upon him.
3. Hee was able to have his heart carryed with great intention of soule, to bestow his minde upon the Lord. When Adam did chuse God above all, then hee had power to have his heart carried with greatest extent of strength to him; for thus it is commanded, by our Saviour to the Lawyer in the Gospel, Matth. 22.37. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy might, & with all thy strength: ⟨p. 70⟩so was Adam carried with the utmost of his strength to close with God. If God should have threatned, Adam would have trembled; if hee should have revealed his goodnesse, Adam would have been inlarged in love thereof; if hee should have revealed his name, Adam would have honoured it. This frame of his will made him carry himselfe proportionably to Gods will to the utmost of his strength. A man must love his neighbour with his whole heart, not with some of it, yet not with his whole strength: A man may love his neighbour too much; but when hee comes to the love of God, he must love him as much as he can. Adam ought to have loved his neighbour