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Sermons preached on several occasionsSermons preach'd on several occasions
Sermons preached on several occasions by William Bates.Sermons preach'd on several occasions by William Bates.
London: printed by J.D. for Jonathan Robinson, 1693
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.
Secondly, The Qualifications of this Love are as follow:
1. It is sincere and cordial; it does not appear only in Expressions from the Tongue and Countenance, but springs from the Integrity of the Heart. 'Tis styled unfeigned Love of the Brethren; 'tis a Love not in Word and Tongue only, but in Deed and Truth. A counterfeit formal Affection, set off with artificial Colours, is so far from being pleasing to God, the Searcher and Judg of Hearts, that 'tis infinitely provoking to him.
1. It is sincere and cordial; it does not appear only in Expressions from the Tongue and Countenance, but springs from the Integrity of the Heart. 'Tis stiled unfeigned Love of the Brethren; 'tis a Love not in Word and Tongue only, but in Deed and Truth. A counterfeit formal Affection, set off with artificial Colours, is so far from being pleasing to God, the Searcher and Judg of Hearts, that 'tis infinitely provoking to him.
2. 'Tis pure; the attractive Cause of it is the Image of God appearing in them. Our Saviour assures us, that Love shall be gloriously rewarded, that respects a Disciple upon that account as a Disciple, and a righteous Man as a righteous ⟨p. 107⟩Man. The holy Love commanded in the Gospel, is to Christians for their Divine Relation, as the Children of God, as the Members of Christ, and Temples of the Holy Ghost.