A25470:841
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved
The Morning exercise [at] Cri[ppleg]ate, or, Several cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers, September 1661.
London: printed for Joshua Kirton and Nathaniel Webb, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Consider 1. The love of Christ to thee was a growing, Increasing love; I do not mean, in respect of the habit, but in the outward demonstration thereof. The nearer he was to his death, the more exuberant in love, and when he rose again his heart did overflow with tender indulgence, as appears by the meltings of his bowels towards Mary, and over Peter; and much more may we believe him now to be full of them, now that he is at the Right hand of God.
Consider 1. The love of Christ to thee was a growing, Increasing love; I do not mean, in respect of the habit, but in the outward demonstration thereof. The neerer hee was to his death, the more exuberant in love, and when hee rose again his heart did overflow with tender indulgence, as appears by the meltings of his bowels towards Mary, and over Peter; and much more may wee beleeve him now to be full of them, now that hee is at the Right hand of God.
2. There is more loveliness in Christ, than ever thou canst find out or fathom; when we have let out our affections to the utmost, there will still be more than we can find affection for; our love to eternity will have something of admiration mixed with it.
2. There is more lovelyness in Christ, than ever thou canst finde out or fathome; when wee have let out our affections to the utmost, there will still bee more than wee can finde affection for; our love to eternity will have something of admiration mixed with it.
3. It's all you can return to him; it's all he looks for at our hands; that which lies in love, and which flows from it, is the whole, that is required to complete Christianity.