2 Perfect is all one with entire, as a child is then said to be perfect, when he hath all the parts of a man; this perfectness is opposed to that which is maimed, so his love is perfect, which is entire to God and man: All our duty is to love God, and to love our neighbour as our selves, 1 John 4.21. He hath showed thee, O man, what is good, and what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to walk humbly with thy God? that is, to express thy love to God, and to do justice, and love mercy; that is, to our brethren, Mic. 6.8. This is perfection of spirit, Rom. 13.10. Therefore saith the Apostle, He that loves, fulfils the Law, the law of the first and second Table, and God would have the chiefest part of our love to him expressed in our love to our brethren, 1 Cor. 13.12. the chiefest of those is love; we do God more honour by faith and hope; but we edify the Church more by love: so that God requires, as we see, 1 Cor. 13.1, 2, 3. our love to him to be expressed by doing good to the sons of men, Hence our Saviour will reason with the sons of men at the last day, Come ye blessed of my Father. Matth. 25.34. to the end; so that all the love God expects we should show to him, should be poured out to our brethren; if thou be righteous, what dost thou then give to God? Job 35.6, 7, 8. 1 Cor. 11.10. I have abounded more then they all, (saith St. Paul) by the grace of God, and that good was by doing many good offices to the Brethren; hence God would have all the sons of men to serve him in their general callings, with such graces, 1 Cor. 16.14. as they may show forth in their particular callings in doing all their duties in love, when David was earnest with God for the pardoning of his sins, Psal. 51.8. & vers. 18. and 12.13. shows you; that as he would spend himself in Gods praise, so he would labour to bring on others in the ways of grace.
2 Perfect is all one with entire, as a childe is then said to be perfect, when he hath all the parts of a man; this perfectnesse is opposed to that which is maimed, so his love is perfect, which is entire to God and man: All our duty is to love God, and to love our neighbour as our selves, 1 John 4.21. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to walk humbly with thy God? that is, to expresse thy love to God, and to do justice, and love mercy; that is, to our brethren, Mic. 6.8. This is perfection of spirit, Rom. 13.10. Therefore saith the Apostle, He that loves, fulfills the Law, the law of the first and second Table, and God would have the chiefest part of our love to him expressed in our love to our brethren, 1 Cor. 13.12. the chiefest of those is love; we do God more honour by faith and hope; but we edifie the Church more by love: so that God requires, as we see, 1 Cor. 13.1, 2, 3. our love to him to be expressed by doing good to the sons of men, Hence our Saviour will reason with the sons of men at the last day, Come ye blessed of my Father. Matth. 25.34. to the end; so that all the love God expects we should shew to him, should be poured out to our brethren; if thou be righteous, what dost thou then give to God? Job 35.6, 7, 8. 1 Cor. 11.10. I have abounded more then they all, (saith St. Paul) by the grace of God, and that good was by doing many good offices to the Brethren; hence God would have all the sons of men to serve him in their general callings, with such graces, 1 Cor. 16.14. as they may shew forth in their particular callings in doing all their duties in love, when David was earnest with God for the pardoning of his sins, Psal. 51.8. & vers. 18. and 12.13. shewes you; that as he would spend himself in Gods praise, so he would labour to bring on others in the ways of grace.
