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The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference…
The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference to 1. their services and suffering, 2. their consolations, and 3. their salvation and eternal glory : together with the excellency of the fear of God, the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly love, the wisdom of hearing the voice of the rod, repentance the only way to prevent judgements / delivered in several sermons by the late reverend and faithful minister of Christ, Mr. William Bridge ...The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference to 1. their services and suffering, 2. their consolations, and 3. their salvation and eternal glory : together with the excellency of the fear of God, the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly love, the wisdom of hearing the voice of the rod, repentance the only way to prevent judgements / delivered in several sermons by the late reverend and faithful minister of Christ, Mr. William Bridg ...
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1671
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Seventhly, If your love be as it ought to be, it will be singular, it will make you singular in your love: Love your enemies saith Christ; It hath been said you shall hate your enemies, and love your neighbours, but I say unto you love them both, love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, and despitefully use you; for if you love them that love you what reward have you, do not even the Publicans so, Mat. 5.43, 44, 45. Love them that hate you, this is singular love; and love where it is true, will make a man thus singular in his ways and carriage.
Seventhly, If your love be as it ought to be, it will be singular, it will make you singular in your love: Love your enemies saith Christ; It hath been said you shall hate your enemies, and love your neighbours, but I say unto you love them both, love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, and despightfully use you; for if you love them that love you what reward have you, do not even the Publicans so, Mat. 5.43, 44, 45. Love them that hate you, this is singular love; and love where it is true, will make a man thus singular in his ways and carriage.
Eighthly, True love is a praying love. Says one, I never loved any man, till I had prayed for him in particular: true love I say is a praying love.
Eighthly, True love is a praying love. Saies one, I never loved any man, till I had prayed for him in particular: true love I say is a praying love.
And true love is a love at all times, at one time as well as another.