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

1. TO be Anathema when Maran-atha, will be to be cursed with a dreadful curse. This is more general, and the following Properties will show it to be so dreadful; so dreadful, as will make your Joints to tremble, your Knees to knock together, your Faces gather paleness; for you will be cursed by God himself; and as to be blessed by God is the greatest Blessing, so to be cursed of God is the sorest Curse: A great Emphasis is laid upon those words, where God calls a People, a People of My Curse, Isa. 34.5. When the Church prayed against her Enemies, it was a sore Petition; Lam. 3.65. Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. If the Devil should curse you, yet God may bless you; if men should curse, yet God might bless you; as David begged, in Psal. 109.28. Let them curse, but bless thou. As if he had said, If I have God's blessing, I will not fear wicked mens cursings: for when they curse, God can turn it into a blessing; Deut 23.5. Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam, but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee. The form of the rash and wicked Speech of ungodly men, much given to cursing, shows it to be a dreadful thing to be cursed of God, when they say, The Curse of God fall upon ⟨p. 57⟩you; The Curse of God overtake you; they mean the forell, the heaviest, the greatest Curse, by the Curse of God: but though men might wish you so accursed, yet you might be far from it; but if you love not sincerely the Son of God, then the Curse of God will overtake you, light, and lie upon you; and then you will be accursed indeed. Oh now love Christ indeed, that you might then escape the Curse indeed, which else will be a Curse indeed; heavy indeed, and indeed intolerable.

1. TO be Anathema when Maran-atha, will be to be cursed with a dreadful curse. This is more general, and the following Properties will shew it to be so dreadful; so dreadful, as will make your Joints to tremble, your Knees to knock together, your Faces gather paleness; for you will be cursed by God himself; and as to be blessed by God is the greatest Blessing, so to be cursed of God is the sorest Curse: A great Emphasis is laid upon those words, where God calls a People, a People of My Curse,