A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

God requires no man to love him, but he requires him also to love his brethren; it's one of the great Commandments of the Law, neglect love to your brethren, and you neglect love to God likewi•• and this direction Christ himself gives, Matth. 5.23, 24. Which imply•• a• God would not accept a service to himself without reconcilement to […] Brother, so God will not accept any Office of love to himself, if we come not in love to our brethren. God loveth a cheerful giver, that doth it in hearty love and affection, God would stay for his service, and he would have us stay, till we be at peace with our brother, not but that our love to God ought to be greater, and in case of competition, God will be loved even with the hatred of our brother, but when there may be a subordination of their loves, he requires the one as well as the other, 1 Tim. 2.8. Let us lift up pure hands, without wrath and doubting, and he means wrath to our Brethren; as when a man comes with doubtings he is not accepted, Jam. 1, 7. so neither is he accepted when he comes in ••ath; nay, if he comes in wrath, he either wants faith, or his faith is full of doubtings, or else it's a false faith, The wrath of man accomplisheth not the righteousness of God, Jam. 1.20. a man can do no righteous service to God, if he come in wrath.

God requires no man to love him, but he requires him also to love his brethren; it's one of the great Commandements of the Law, neglect love to your brethren, and you neglect love to God likewi•• and this direction Christ himselfe gives, Matth. 5.23, 24. Which imply•• a• God would not accept a service to himselfe without reconcilement to 〈…〉 Brother, so God will not accept any Office of love to himselfe, if we come not in love to our brethren. God loveth a cheerful giver, that doth it in hearty love and affection, God would stay for his service, and he would have us stay, till we be at peace with our brother, not but that our love to God ought to be greater, and in case of competition, God will be loved even with the hatred of our brother, but when there may be a suburdination of their loves, he requires the one as well as the other,