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

1. The consideration of his Name hath much in it to attract and draw thy Love; for he is,

1. Lord. Even Lord of Lords, and King of Kings, the Blessed and only Potentate, 1 Tim. 6.15. He is Lord by virtue of Creation, he gave thee thy Being, brought thee out of Nothing, made thee a Man; he gave thee Understanding, Will, Affections. Now wilt thou love thy Father, and thy Mother, and not thy Maker? He is Lord by right of Redemption, when thou wast in thy Sin worse than Nothing, in Bondage to Satan and Sin, he bought thee out with his own Blood, Act. 20.28. by giving his Soul for thine, Isa. 53.10. his Life for thine, Mat. 20.28. himself for thee, 1 Tim. 2.6. Let the thoughts, how dear he paid for thy good, draw thy Love. He is Lord by universal Jurisdiction, given by the Father. Mat. 28.18. All power is given unto me in Heaven, and in Earth. Joh. 5.22. The father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son. 27. And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Joh. 17.2. As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou ⟨p. 18⟩hast given him. Rom. 14.9