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

What thinkest thou? Was Christ weary of the Bosom of his Father? Was it more honourable for him to dwell in flesh on earth, than with the Father of Spirits in Heaven? Was it not infinite Condescension, for his Deity to be veiled with the rags of our Humanity? Or was Christ prodigal of his Blood, or weary of his Life; or did he love and choose such cruel Scourgings, such Contempt and Scorn, such a cursed, shameful, painful Death for themselves? Surely all this was for some great and noble end; which end thou doest, as much as in thee lies, by thy not loving him, frustrate, and render unattainable; for if all men should deny him their Love, as thou dost, where would be the Reconciliation betwixt God and man, Remission of Sins, or Salvation of Souls, which Christ died to procure? Will God be reconciled to that man that doth not love him? Or can that man that loves not him be reconciled unto God? Or doth not Reconciliation ⟨p. 103⟩without Renewals of Love, sound like a contradiction? Or shall Remission and Salvation be vouchsafed to them that never love him? Behold then the greatness of this sin, in its thwarting the wonderful Undertakings of Christ for man's Redemption.

What thinkest thou? Was Christ weary of the Bosom of his Father? Was it more honourable for him to dwell in flesh on earth, than with the Father of Spirits in Heaven? Was it not infinite Condescention, for his Deity to be vailed with the rags of our Humanity? Or was Christ prodigal of his Blood, or weary of his Life; or did he love and chuse such cruel Scourgings, such Contempt and Scorn, such a cursed, shameful, painful Death for themselves? Surely all this was for some great and noble end; which end thou doest, as much as in thee lies, by thy not loving him, frustrate, and render unattainable; for if all men should deny him their Love, as thou dost, where would be the Reconciliation betwixt God and man, Remission of Sins, or Salvation of Souls, which Christ died to procure? Will God be reconciled to that man that doth not love him? Or can that man that loves not him be reconciled unto God? Or doth not Reconciliation ⟨p. 103⟩without Renewals of Love, sound like a contradiction? Or shall Remission and Salvation be vouchsafed to them that never love him? Behold then the greatness of this sin, in its thwarting the wonderful Undertakings of Christ for man's Redemption.