A36320:184
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.
THE Fourth general Head in the Method propounded, is, Why there is such a flat necessity of our sincere Love to Christ, for the escaping of this described Curse? Why God doth so much insist upon our Love unto his Son, that whosoever doth not love him, shall be Anathema.
This is not to be understood exclusively, as if other Graces and Conditions were not also necessary; for in other Texts we find, that for want of Faith, this Curse will overtake many. Mar. 16.16. He that believeth not, shall be damned. John 3.36. He that believeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. And for want of Repentance, Luke 13.3. Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. And for want of Conversion, Mat. 18.3. Verily, I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Joh. 3.3. Jesus answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. And for want of Obedience, Heb. 3.18. And to whom sware he, that they should not enter into his rest? [Greek or Hebrew], but to them that were disobedient; translated, believed not. Sometimes the condition is expressed by the term of a new creature. Gal. 6.15. ⟨p. 70⟩For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. Sometimes Faith and Love are put together,