Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

Let us love Jesus, as carrying on the great work of our Salvation at his first Coming or Incarnation. Now what is Love but an expansion or egress of the heart and spirits to the Object loved; or to the Object whereby it is drawn or attracted? Mark O my soul, whatsoever hath an attractive power, it is in that respect an Object, or general cause of Love; and canst thou possibly light on any Object more attractive than the Incarnation of Jesus Christ? If Love be the Load-stone of Love, what an attractive is this before thee? methinks the very sight of Christ incarnate is enough to ravish thee with the apprehension of his infinite goodness: see how he calls out, or (as it were) draws out the soul to Union, Vision, and Participation of his Glory! O come, and yield up thy self unto him; give him thy self, and conform all thy Affections and Actions to his Will: O love him, not with a divided, but with all thy heart.

LEt us love Jesus, as carrying on the great work of our Salvation at his first Coming or Incarnation. Now what is Love but an expansion or egress of the heart and spirits to the Object loved; or to the Object whereby it is drawn or attracted? Mark O my soul, whatsoever hath an attractive power, it is in that respect an Object, or general cause of Love; and canst thou possibly light on any Object more attractive than the Incarnation of Jesus Christ? If Love be the Load-stone of Love, what an attractive is this before thee? methinks the very sight of Christ incarnate is enough to ravish thee with the apprehension of his infinite goodness: see how he calls out, or (as it were) draws out the soul to Union, Vision, and Participation of his Glory! O come, and yield up thy self unto him; give him thy self, and conform all thy Affections and Actions to his Will: O love him, not with a divided, but with all thy heart.

But to excite this Love, I shall only propound the Object, which will be Argument enough. Love causeth Love; now as Gods first Love to man was in making man like himself; so his second great Love was in making himself like to man; stay then a while upon this Love; for (I take it) this is the greater Love of the two: Nay, if I must speak freely, I believe this was the fullest visible demonstration of Gods Love that ever was: The Evangelist expresseth it thus, God so loved the World,