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Fifthly, Christ Love hath an attracting and a retaining Quality in it: It draws the Soul to Christ, and it keeps it close with Christ, ¹when it hath received and embraced him; it draws, nay, constrains the Soul to love Christ; We love him, because he first loved ⟨p. 199⟩us. And no Man or Woman that loves Christ sincerely, but they hate Sin: it constrains the Soul to return Love for Love. Christ's Love is like Elijah's Garment that he cast upon Elisha, who immediately run after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my Father and Mother, and then I will follow thee. And be said, Go ²back, what have I done unto thee? Thus doth Christ's Love to the Soul in all that feel its Influences, they follow him, cleave to him, and also keep with him: for like as the Fear of God, so the Love of God is put into our Hearts, (if we are sincere Christians) and we shall not, cannot finally depart from him.

Fifthly, Christ Love hath an attracting and a retaining Quality in it: It draws the Soul to Christ, and it keeps it close with Christ, ¹when it hath received and imbraced him; it draws, nay, constrains the Soul to love Christ; We love him, because he first loved ⟨p. 199⟩us. And no Man or Woman that loves Christ sincerely, but they hate Sin: it constrains the Soul to return Love for Love. Christ's Love is like Elijah's Garment that he cast upon Elisha, who immediately run after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my Father and Mother, and then I will follow thee. And be said, Go ²back, what have I done unto thee? Thus doth Christ's Love to the Soul in all that feel its Influences, they follow him, cleave to him, and also keep with him: for like as the Fear of God, so the Love of God is put into our Hearts, (if we are sincere Christians) and we shall not, cannot finally depart from him.