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

SECT. II. The nature, requisites, and the description of this Love to Christ.

First, This Love supposeth the goodness of the Object, as all Love doth: For nothing can be loved, but what is really good, or at least appeareth so unto the Lover. This holy Love therefore being the choicest, chiefest Love, supposeth Christ to be the choicest, and the chiefest Good: That he is a good Saviour, a good Redeemer, a good Lord and Master; a Good excelling, transcending all inferior, sublunary good; Good! not only good, but best; best in himself, and ⟨p. 17⟩best for us. And because he must be loved with such a love, as that we be willing at his call to part with all other good for his sake; therefore he is looked upon, and loved as an universal Good; whereas Riches, Honours, Friends, and all things of this World are but particular good, no one thing good for all things: Meat and drink are good to satisfy your hunger and thirst, but not to clothe you; Clothes are good to cover you, but not to feed you, &c.

Frist, This Love supposeth the goodness of the Object, as all Love doth: For nothing can be loved, but what is really good, or at least appeareth so unto the Lover. This holy Love therefore being the choicest, chiefest Love, supposeth Christ to be the choicest, and the chiefest Good: That he is a good Saviour, a good Redeemer, a good Lord and Master; a Good excelling, transcending all inferior, sublunary good; Good! not only good, but best; best in himself, and ⟨p. 17⟩best for us. And because he must be loved with such a love, as that we be willing at his call to part with all other good for his sake; therefore he is looked upon, and loved as an universal Good; whereas Riches, Honours, Friends, and all things of this World are but particular good, no one thing good for all things: Meat and drink are good to satisfy your hunger and thirst, but not to clothe you; Clothes are good to cover you, but not to feed you, &c.