A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many useful questions and cases of conscience are…A treatise of miscellany questions wherein many usefull questions and cases of conscience are…

Thirdly, thou art a sincere Lover of the Brethren, when thou lovest them in all their different estates and conditions, the Poor as well as the Rich, them of low degree, as well as them of high degree, the persecuted, as well as the prospering, the reproached as well as the commended. This is also a necessary consectary upon the first mark: For if thou lovest saints as saints, the variation or difference of their outward condition, will not make thy love towards them to cease. Obadiah was a sincere Lover of the Brethren, and he gave this good Testimony of it, he was a kind friend to the Prophets of the Lord, when they were persecuted by Ahab and Jezebel.

Thirdly, thou art a sincere Lover of the Brethren, when thou lovest them in all their different estats and conditions, the Poor as well as the Rich, them of low degree, as well as them of high degree, the persecuted, as well as the prospering, the reproached as well as the commended. This is also a necessary consectary upon the first mark: For if thou lovest saints as saints, the variation or difference of their outward condition, will not make thy love towards them to cease. Obadiah was a sincere Lover of the Brethren, and he gave this good Testimony of it, he was a kinde friend to the Prophets of the Lord, when they were persecuted by Ahab and Iezabel.

Fourthly, thy Love to the Brethren is true and sincere, when it puts forth it self in all thy relations, when a man desires to choose a wife that fears God, and a woman desires to marry none who is not godly; when a Master seeks godly ⟨p. 275⟩servants, and a servant seeks a godly master; when a people choose godly Ministers, and godly Magistrates, godly Commanders and Officers of Armies, &c. And again, Magistrates, Commanders, Ministers, love, countenance, encourage and strengthen the hands of such under their Charge, as are godly: when a man if he be to choose a friend to consult with, yea if he were but to choose a Lodging where he is a sojourner, he desires and seeks after a godly Friend, a godly Family, &c.