A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

1. This Divine Love is not at all in the unregenerate, unless only in show and imitation; that Soul that is solicitous about loving of God, that Soul loves him. This is proper and peculiar to all those, and only those that are born of God, that are the adopted Children of God. Let it be considered, whether the Devil can counterfeit Love to God, as he can other Graces: their Faith works by Fear, not by Love^(a). The Devils believe and tremble. 'Tis true, he doth not only suffer but^(b) promote an hypocritical Divine Love in some, and he may appear in a Love-mask^(c) to others, as to Adam in Paradise^(d), God doth know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as Gods. He pretends he hath more kindness for them, than God himself, and the like to Christ^(e), but did he himself ever pretend so much as to love God? I grant, wicked men pretend to love God, but the ridiculousness of their Discourse plainly evidences, they neither understand what they say, nor whereof they affirm.

1. This Divine Love is not at all in the unregenerate, unless onely in shew and imitation; that Soul that is solicitous about loving of God, that Soul loves him. This is proper and peculiar to all those, and onely those that are born of God, that are the adopted Children of God. Let it be considered, whether the Devil can counterfeit Love to God, as he can other Graces: their Faith works by Fear, not by Love^(a). The Devils believe and tremble. 'Tis true, he doth not only suffer but^(b) promote an hypocritical Divine Love in some, and he may appear in a Love-mask^(c) to others, as to Adam in Paradise