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Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…
Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection of sundry directions, sermons, sacrament-speeches, and letters, not heretofore published ...
London: printed for Peter Parker, 1674
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Fifthly, His Blood is a stream of love, dost thou doubt of the love of Christ? do but look upon him on his cross, how his feet and hands and heart are pierced: thou mayst see the love of Christ flowing out of every part.
Fifthly, His Blood is a stream of love, dost thou doubt of the love of Christ? do but look upon him on his crosse, how his feet and hands and heart are pierced: thou mayst see the love of Christ flowing out of every part.
Use, Now since Christ hath so loved you, you that are his people do you love him again O where should you bestow your love, place your affections, fix your hearts but here? I shall give you two motives. He desires your love: and he deserves your love.
First, Consider he desires your love. You have seen a little how Christ doth love you; and what doth he expect, but that you should love him again? and can there be any thing less that he could require! O methinks thou ⟨p. 213⟩shouldest give up thy heart to Christ. This is all that he expects for this love, that you should love him again. This Christ will accept, and nothing short of this will he accept. Love cannot be satisfied, but by love again. It must be paid in its own coin, Cant. 8. 7. If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned. As no Treasure in the world can buy love, purchase love; so no sufficiency in the world will be sufficient for love, unless, you give love your love again, 1 Cor. 13. 3. Now Christian, be persuaded then to give away thy heart out of hand to Christ. O bestow thy love upon him, where hast thou such a thing in thee, but that thou shouldst love Christ? doth any man plant a vineyard, and not expect to eat of the fruit of it? hath he put love into thee, and doth not he expect that thou shouldest love him?