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

8. Art thou not spiritually Dead? Hast thou not lost the holy Image of God, which was thy Beauty? Though thou art Dead, he can quicken thee, and give thee the Life of Grace and Glory, 1 Joh. 5.12.

Now if this be thy condition, and Christ can, and is ready, able, and willing, to help thee in every respect, how suitable is Christ to thee? And suitableness being a ground of Love, and a motive thereunto, what an Argument is here to win thy Love? Oh say then, I am Lost, but Christ will save me; I am Ignorant, but Christ will teach me; I am Sick, and he will recover me; I am Indebted, and he will be a surety for me; I am Polluted, and he will cleanse me; I am a Captive, and he will redeem me; I am an Enemy to God, and he will reconcile me; I am Dead, and he will quicken me. Oh, I never found one so suitable for me; now, even now, he shall be loved by me. Oh this is the most excellent Object for my Love, and I will no longer hold it from him.

Secondly, Is not Christ the most satisfying Good? Thou art Indigent, he will supply thee; thou art empty, he will fill thee; thou art poor, he will enrich thee. Oh for Love, for such a Saviour!