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Love to Christ, necessary to escape the curse at his coming
Love to Christ, necessary to escape the curse at his coming by Tho. Doolittle ...
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Arg. 2. He that loveth not Christ, is under the curses of the Law; therefore he that loveth not Christ, is accursed: For if all the Curses of the Law lighting and abiding upon a man, will prove a man an accursed man, the man that hath no sincere love to Christ, must be the man. For tho the Law as a Covenant be not in force, so that we are not to seek Salvation by it; yet the penalty and threatenings of the Law are in full power against that man that submitteth not to Christ, according to the Covenant of Grace; for though Christ was made a Curse to redeem us from the Curse, yet those only have the saving Benefits of that Redemption, that have sound-Faith in, and unfeigned sincere love to Jesus Christ. If by the Law you would escape the Curse threatened by the Law, you must do every thing contained in the Law. Gal. 3.10. —Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them: You cannot do any one thing required in the Law, as prescribed by the Law, and yet so slight Christ, that you will not so much as love him, ⟨p. 47⟩and still think you are exempted from the Curse of the Law. God will convince you to the contrary; and except you hasten to love Christ before you die, the Flames of Hell will convince you to the contrary; but it would be your safer way now by the Word of God to be convinced to the contrary.
Arg. 2. He that loveth not Christ, is under the curses of the Law; therefore he that loveth not Christ, is accursed: For if all the Curses of the Law lighting and abiding upon a man, will prove a man an accursed man, the man that hath no sincere love to Christ, must be the man. For tho the Law as a Covenant be not in force, so that we are not to seek Salvation by it; yet the penalty and threatnings of the Law are in full power against that man that submitteth not to Christ, according to the Covenant of Grace; for though Christ was made a Curse to redeem us from the Curse, yet those only have the saving Benefits of that Redemption, that have sound-Faith in, and unfeigned sincere love to Jesus Christ. If by the Law you would escape the Curse threatned by the Law, you must do every thing contained in the Law. Gal. 3.10. —Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them: You cannot do any one thing required in the Law, as prescribed by the Law, and yet so slight Christ, that you will not so much as love him,