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

SECT. XIII. The Workings of this Love, as it is Delighting, Desiring, or Mourning Love.

Twelfthly, When all this is done, the Soul doth Delight in Christ, if present; Desireth after him, if absent; or mourneth for him, if it cannot find him. One of these Three ways Love will discover it self. There are Three sorts of Love.

TWelfthly, When all this is done, the Soul doth Delight in Christ, if present; Desireth after him, if absent; or mourneth for him, if it cannot find him. One of these Three ways Love will discover it self. There are Three sorts of Love.

First, Delighting Love; If a man finds Christ's gracious quickening Presence in his Soul, discovering and manifesting himself and Love unto him; he rejoiceth in it more than in all Riches, and saith, My Life is a Pleasure, my Heart is filled with Comfort, my Soul with Heavenly Delights. Psal. 4.6. There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. Cant. 2.3. As the apple-trees among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sate down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet unto my taste. 4. He brought me into the banqueting-house, and his banner over me was love. John 20.16. Jesus saith unto her, Mary, she turned her self, and saith unto him, Rabboni, which is to say, Master. 18. Mary Magdalen came and told the disciples, That she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. 20. And when he had so said, (Peace be unto you) he showed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.