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

2. To be Anathema when Maran-atha, accursed when the Lord comes, will be to be accursed totally; all the Sinners shall lie under this Curse; his Body shall be cursed, and his Soul shall be cursed; as the Curse in this world falls upon all that belong to the Disobedient and rebellious: Deut. 28.15. But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. 16. Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17. Cursed shall be thy basket, and thy store. 18. Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land; the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19. Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. So when the Lord comes, thou shalt be cursed in all thou art; in thy Body, and all the parts thereof; cursed shall be thine Eyes, that were as Windows to let vanity into thy heart; Cursed shall be thine Ears, that hearkened to the Enticements of Sinners, but not to the Commands and Calls of God; Cursed shall be thy Hands and Feet, ⟨p. 58⟩that acted wickedly, and carried thee on in ways of Sin: Cursed shalt thou be in thy Soul, and in all the Powers and Faculties thereof; Cursed shall be thine Understanding, that never was enlightened with the saving Knowledge of Jesus Christ. Cursed shall be thy Will, that never made choice of him for thy Saviour, and thy Lord. Cursed shall be thy Conscience, that did not effectually stir thee up to look after, and to hasten to Jesus Christ. Cursed shall be all thine Affections, that thou shalt be constrained to confess that Love that was set upon the World, and Sin, which should have been better placed upon Christ, was cursed Love. Those Desires which run out after Vanity, which should have been upon the wing in moving after Christ, were cursed Desires; and those Delights which are fetched from the Creature, and from sinful Objects, were cursed Delights; and that Hatred, which I had to Christ, and his ways, which should have risen against Sin, was cursed Hatred. Thus, as now, where the Love of Christ doth not rule in the Heart, Sin is spread all over, so then the Sinner shall be cursed all over.

2. To be Anathema when Maran-atha, accursed when the Lord comes, will be to be accursed totally; all the Sinners shall lie under this Curse; his Body shall be cursed, and his Soul shall be cursed; as the Curse in this world falls upon all that belong to the Disobedient and rebellious: