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

4. By not loving of Christ, the Promises of the Gospel are undervalued; if thou wouldst love him, he promiseth thee a Crown of life, Jam. 1.12. he promiseth thee all the good that thou dost want, or canst ⟨p. 109⟩desire; the pardon of Sin; the Favour of God; deliverance from Hell, the Happiness of Heaven. Oh what Inducements of Love are these! What Motives! what Incentives! what madness to lose all these for the love of the World, for the love of a nasty, filthy Lust! Wilt thou still say, all these shall never gain my love to Christ? nor move me to set my heart upon him? Thou sayest, thou sayest not so, but I say, and God knows thou dost so: and is it not as bad to do so, and not say so; as not say so, and yet do so, when thy doing so, is as if thou saidst so: So! how? why as if thou saidst, Rather than I will love Christ, I will never be pardoned; rather than I will love Christ, I will go without the Favour of God, without the Joys of Heaven; I will be damned, and go to Hell, rather than I will love Christ; sayest thou so? or wilt thou do so? is the Love of Christ so grievous to thee? take thy choice; and when thou art in Hell, and damned there, thou shalt never love him.

4. By not loving of Christ, the Promises of the Gospel are undervalued; if thou wouldst love him, he promiseth thee a Crown of life, Jam. 1.12. he promiseth thee all the good that thou dost want, or canst ⟨p. 109⟩desire; the pardon of Sin; the Favour of God; deliverance from Hell, the Happiness of Heaven. Oh what Inducements of Love are these! What Motives! what Incentives! what madness to lose all these for the love of the World, for the love of a nasty, filthy Lust! Wilt thou still say, all these shall never gain my love to Christ? nor move me to set my heart upon him? Thou sayst, thou sayst not so, but I say, and God knows thou dost so: and is it not as bad to do so, and not say so; as not say so, and yet do so, when thy doing so, is as if thou saidst so: So! how? why as if thou saidst, Rather than I will love Christ, I will never be pardoned; rather than I will love Christ, I will go without the Favour of God, without the Joys of Heaven; I will be damned, and go to Hell, rather than I will love Christ; sayst thou so? or wilt thou do so? is the Love of Christ so grievous to thee? take thy choice; and when thou art in Hell, and damned there, thou shalt never love him.