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

XVIII. Do not you want one great help against the temptations of Satan, while you are void of love to Christ? Is not Satan your Enemy? Is not your heart forward to yield to him? Doth it not concern you to resist him, when if you yield, you deserve to dye? But this love would Garrison your ⟨p. 174⟩Hearts, Fortify your Souls, make you Courageous and Resolute against all the batteries of Satan, assaults of Sin, and watchful against the Assurements and Ambushments of the World, and that you would say, Shall I offend my dearest Lord? Shall I displease him that hath had such good pleasure to do me such good, such everlasting good? Oh! how can I do this, or that great evil, and sin against him whom I do love! For do you not find that Love forbids, and exceedingly restrains, from grieving, offending, or wronging him, whom you do entirely love?

XVIII. Do not you want one great help against the temptations of Satan, while you are void of love to Christ? Is not Satan your Enemy? Is not your heart forward to yield to him? Doth it not concern you to resist him, when if you yield, you deserve to dye? But this love would Garrison your ⟨p. 174⟩Hearts, Fortifie your Souls, make you Couragious and Resolute against all the batteries of Satan, assaults of Sin, and watchful against the Assurements and Ambushments of the World, and that you would say, Shall I offend my dearest Lord? Shall I displease him that hath had such good pleasure to do me such good, such everlasting good? Oh! how can I do this, or that great evil, and sin against him whom I do love! For do you not find that Love forbids, and exceedingly restrains, from grieving, offending, or wronging him, whom you do entirely love?

XIX. Will you ever be able to hold your profession of Christ without sincere love unto him? When trials come, will not such as have no saving love to Christ, turn their backs upon him? Will they that love Riches, Ease, Liberty, Honours, Life, or any thing more than Christ, lease, lose, lay down, these for Christ? What you love most, will you not endeavour to keep longest? These must be harboured, but Christ then shall be abandoned,