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

1. Universal, and that in regard of the object; all the Commandments of God, those that are more hard, as those that be more easy; those that cross and condemn your best beloved sin, as well as those you could more easily and readily part with; those commands that respect the inward as well as the outward Man, and do enjoin the manner as well as the matter of your Duties. Psal. 119.6. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments; and Universal, in regard of the subject, that your obedience be done with the whole heart. Deut. 10.12. And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

1. Ʋniversal, and that in regard of the object; all the Commandments of God, those that are more hard, as those that be more easie; those that cross and condemn your best beloved sin, as well as those you could more easily and readily part with; those commands that respect the inward as well as the outward Man, and do enjoin the manner as well as the matter of your Duties. Psal. 119.6. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments; and Universal, in regard of the subject, that your obedience be done with the whole heart. Deut. 10.12. And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

2. Obedience that is a proof of Love must be cheerful, for Love obeyeth with delight. It is not a burden to Pray, but a pleasure; hard Duties become easy to Love, and the time seems not long, nor tedious. As Jacob, for the Love of Rachel,