A35539:52
Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the…
Gospel-love, heart-purity, and the flourishing of the righteous being the last sermon of the late reverend Mr. Joseph Caryl.
London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock Senior and Junior, 1675
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Why now in the text, the word end, when 'tis said that the end of the Commandment is charity, the word (end) is to be taken in the two latter senses.
First, charity is that which the Law aims at, 'tis the scope of the Law, to bring us into a Love one to another, and that we may walk in Love, that's the business of the Commandments of God, the Aim, the Scope of them.
And then secondly, charity is the end of the Law, that is, 'tis the fulfilling of the Law, 'tis the accomplishing end of the Law, the Law is fulfilled in Love, take it in two Scriptures—Rom. 13. 10. Love is the fulfilling of the Law, Love it is the Accomplishing end of the Law, as in Gal. 5. 14. The whole Law ⟨p. 11⟩is fulfilled in one word, that's a good word Indeed—what is that one word, by which the whole Law is fulfilled? 'tis fulfilled in one word, even in this, thou shalt love they Neighbour as they self: to them, the end here, is to be taken in that sense, charity it is the accomplishing, 'tis the fulfilling of the Law.