The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

1. A heart taken with Christ, is a heart which knows Christ, and hath tasted of Christ. Are you such as know Christ? ¹For knowledge of Christ precedes the love of Christ. He who doth not know, cannot love. Things unseen may, but things unknown cannot be loved, 1 Pet. 1.8. Whom having not seen ye love, but never not known.

1. A heart taken with Christ, is a heart which knows Christ, and hath tasted of Christ. Are you such as know Christ? ¹For knowledge of Christ precedes the love of Christ. Hee who doth not know, cannot love. Things unseen may, but things unknown cannot bee loved, 1 Pet. 1.8. Whom having not seen yee love, but never not known.

1. 1Invisa possumus amare; incognita nequaquam.

All love to Christ doth arise from discoveries and manifestations of Christ to the soul. Either from the discoveries of those beauties, those attractive excellencies that are in him, or with that, from the discovery of his heart and good will towards us.

Now blind men cannot discern of beauties; nor ignorant men of the beauties of Christ. Christ is to them as a Mine of Gold covered over with earth and rubbish: as a Bed of Pearl and Diamonds hid with an heap of sand: as a glorious Messiah under a contemptible outside. And wanting eyes to see through the Veil of his Flesh. through the bark and outside of his Humanity, they can behold no beauty in him. As Isaiah speaks of carnal men,