Love to Christ, necessary to escape the curse at his coming

How long shall Christ complain of you, that ye hate both him and his Father? And is not this complaint more grievous, when ye hate him without a cause, and do not love him when there is so much cause and reason why you should? What hath Sin ⟨image 4⟩and World done for you, and what did ever Christ do against you, that ye love your sorest Enemies, and hate him that would be your surest Friend? Hath Sin afforded you Pleasures? But how long will they last? And what will ye do when the Pleasures of Sin are past and fled away, and the Pains and Punishment for Sin are come, and shall never, never, pass away? Hath the World allowed you its Profits? But whose shall these be, when ye are Dead, and Lodged in the Dust? What profit is there in all your Profits, if ye gain them, and lose your Souls? Will not your Gain be your Everlasting Loss? Is Christ the Admiration of Angels, and is he your Derision? Do they Adore him, and do ye thus Despise him? Do Holy Saved-Souls above, delight and joy in their Love to him, and in his to them, and do ye turn away your Love, and Alienate your Hearts from him, and Love Sin, and Rejoice in that your Love? Do Holy Souls beneath, in this Imperfect State, cry ou•. Whom have we in Heaven but Christ, or what is there on Earth that we desire, like, or love, in comparison of him? and do ye prefer your Lust, ⟨image 5⟩and Fleshly Pleasures, and Worldly Profits, before him? Have ye done so, and will ye still? Are ye so resolved? Are your Hearts so hardened? Your Minds so blinded? And so enslaved to Sin and Satan? Alas for you! Were ye Born without love to Christ? And have ye lived so long without love to him? And will ye Dye at last without love to him? Where are the Mourners, that they may with flowing Tears bewail your Sin and Misery? Why your Sin? Because ye love not Christ. Why your Misery? Because you must be ANATHEMA when MARANATHA; be Accursed when the Lord shall come. Alas for you, that are Ignorant of Christ; for can ye love whom ye do not know? Alas for you, whose Hearts are full of love to a vain, deluding World, and empty of sincere Love to Christ, for ye must all be ANATHEMA when MARANATHA; Accursed when the Lord shall come. Let Angels blush: Let the Heavens be ashamed: Let good men weep: Let the Earth mourn: Let all the Creation of God sigh, and sob, and groan, that the Son of God is not beloved by so many of ⟨image 5⟩