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…

you are always in the Lap, and are warmed continually in his bosom, when my affections freeze with cold, you feel the beatings of his heart, and see the tender workings within, the warm influence whereof melts you into the like affection; and thus are you for ever Blessed, receiving, and returning love; when my wretched heart to this day retains abundance of enmity against him, who loved me, and gave himself for me. A great misery it is not to have a return of love, but my misery is not to return love for love. Ah wretched heart, who can but be out of love with such a heart, as will not be in love with such a Saviour? Oh it troubles me, not so much that I receive no more Love Tokens from him, but that I can send him no more. I beg not so much to be beloved by him, as that I may love him: I could be content to have fewer expressions of love from him, so I might have more love wrought in my heart towards him: well, but the time will come when my spark shall be all in a flame, and I shall be all love, when I shall for ever dwell in God, and dwell in Love. I shall shortly be where no nipping winter shall cool the heat of my affections, where no waters shall be able to quench my flame, no, my fire shall never go out more; But I shall be continually taken up in loving and admiring, and my soul shall be for ever possessed with perfect Love: I shall ⟨p. 318⟩then need no pains to warm, no Sermons to quicken me, no faith to raise me; but mine eye shall affect my heart, and my foul shall make me as the Chariots of Aminadab. I hear of him now by the hearing of the Ear, at a great distance, but then my Eye shall see him; yea, with these eyes shall I see God, with these Arms shall I embrace him; then shall I see the wounds in his side, and in his heart, and put my singer into the print of the nails, and be no more faithless, but believing; O blessed time, when he shall take me by the hand, and own me before Men and Angels, me unworthy wretch, when I shall hear that ravishing Sentence from his blessed mouth, Come thou blessed of my Father, come inherit the Kingdom that I have prepared for thee, that I have purchased for thee: Surely then I shall not need to be bid to love him, when David had made an end of speaking, it is said, The heart of Jonathan was knit with the heart of David, and he loved him as his own Soul:

you are alwayes in the Lap, and are warmed continually in his bosom, when my affections freeze with cold, you feel the beatings of his heart, and see the tender workings within, the warm influence whereof melts you into the like affection; and thus are you for ever Blessed, receiving, and returning love; when my wretched heart to this day retains abundance of enmity against him, who loved me, and gave himself for me. A great misery it is not to have a return of love, but my misery is not to return love for love. Ah wretched heart, who can but be out of love with such a heart, as will not be in love with such a Saviour? Oh it troubles me, not so much that I receive no more Love Tokens from him, but that I can send him no more. I beg not so much to be beloved by him, as that I may love him: I could be content to have fewer expressions of love from him, so I might have more love wrought in my heart towards him: well, but the time will come when my spark shall be all in a flame, and I shall be all love, when I shall for ever dwell in God, and dwell in Love. I shall shortly be where no nipping winter shall cool the heat of my affections, where no waters shall be able to quench my flame, no, my fire shall never go out more; But I shall be continually taken up in loving and admiring, and my soul shall be for ever possessed with perfect Love: I shall