A26921:953
Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and…
Richard Baxter's dying thoughts upon Phil. I, 23 written for his own life and the latter times of his corporal pains and weakness.
London: printed by Tho. Snowden for B. Simmons, 1683
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XII. [Because the Love of God is shed abroad upon our Hearts, by the Holy Ghost which is given to us.]
It is the Love of God shed abroad on our Hearts by the Holy Ghost, which must make us rejoice in hope of the Glory of God, even in Tribulation.
Here I must consider, I. What is meant by the Love of God. II. Why, and how it is shed abroad on the Heart by the Holy Ghost.
I. By the Love of God is meant the Effects of his Love; 1. His special Grace: 2. The pleasant gust or sense of it.
II. God's Love thus shed on the Heart, pre-supposeth it expressed in the Gospel, and Providence, and contains all these particulars.
II. God's Love thus shed on the Heart, pre-supposeth it exprest in the Gospel, and Providence, and contains all these particulars.