A36320:83
Love to Christ, necessary to escape the curse at his coming
Love to Christ, necessary to escape the curse at his coming by Tho. Doolittle ...
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6. It contains the permanent volition of the Will, the settled inclination of the heart towards the Lord Jesus Christ.
6. It contains the permanent volition of the Will, the setled inclination of the heart towards the Lord Jesus Christ.
7. It includes the prevailing and predominant degrees of our love to be to Christ more than to any thing else whatsoever.
8. In this Love is the election of the Will, choosing Christ for himself, and for the excellency of his own Person, tho not with the exclusion of our own advantage by him.
9. Christ as Lord as well as Saviour, is the Object of this Love; Christ in all his Offices, as Teacher, Ruler, as well as Benefactor, is beloved; in which respect the Love of all Hypocrites and carnal Gospellers doth fail and come short.