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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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A third mark. That we observe and note our affection to Gods children. For this is a sound note that we love God, if we love his children. As in John. 5. He that loves him that begets, will love him that is begotten. If then we find in our harts a good affection unto christians, because they are christians, how beneficial or not beneficial to us, that is nothing; whether they take notice of us, or pass by us, that is not the matter: but if they be such that love Gods word, and have the virtues of Christ shining forth in their harts: if love and patience, and temperance, & meekness, & such like, do appear in them, if we love these, this is an undoubted testimony of our true love to God.
A third mark. That we obserue and note our affection to Gods children. For this is a sound note that we loue God, if we loue his children. As in Iohn. 5. He that loues him that begets, will loue him that is begotten. If then we finde in our harts a good affection vnto christians, beecause they are christians, how beneficiall or not beneficiall to vs, that is nothing; whether they take notice of vs, or passe by vs, that is not the matter: but if they be such that loue Gods word, and haue the vertues of Christ shining forth in their harts: if loue and patience, and temperance, & meekenesse, & such like, doe appeare in them, if we loue these, this is an vndoubted testimonie of our true loue to God.
The fourth mark of our love to God whereby we shall in deed make trial of our love to him is, how we love his coming. How we desire the appearance of Christ to judge the quick and dead. And how we desire to be dissolved & be with Christ. What desire we have either to go unto him, or to have him come to us. For if our hart be set truly upon any thing, that thing we cannot choose but desire, and be willing to have it with us. Love draws the mind to that which is loved. So Paul when the love of God waxed warm in his hart, he desired to be dissolved and to be with Christ. So in the Revelation, ⟨p. 18⟩