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Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ…Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ…
Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and real demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...Evidence for heaven containing infallible signs and reall demonstrations of our union with Christ and assurance of salvation : with an appendix of laying down certain rules to be observed for preserving our assurance once obtained / published by Ed. Calamy ...
London: printed for Simon Miller, 1657
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.
Love, as attributed unto God, is not a quality; as it is in man, but an effect of tree grace, and it is either more general or more special: Of the more general Love of God towards man, we read in Mar. 10.21. where it is said, of the young man that came to Christ, That Jesus beholding him, loved him. Of the more special Love of God towards some, we ⟨p. 164⟩read Jerem. 31.3. 2 Thes. 2.16. John 13.1.
Love, as attributed unto God, is not a quality; as it is in man, but an effect of tree grace, and it is either more generall or more speciall: Of the more generall Love of God towards man, we read in Mar. 10.21. where it is said, of the young man that came to Christ, That Iesus beholding him, loved him. Of the more speciall Love of God towards some, we ⟨p. 164⟩read Ierem. 31.3. 2 Thes. 2.16. Iohn 13.1.
The more general, or common Love of God, is manifested in, and by his common gifts and dispensations, such as the young man that came to Christ was endued with (to wit) great place in the World, great possessions, moral righteousness, desire of, and endeavour after eternal life, with the enjoyment of temporal felicity, and predominate corruption.