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An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ,…
An answer to the discourse of Mr. William Sherlock, touching the knowledge of Christ, and our union and communion with him by Edward Polhill ..., Esquire.
London: printed for Ben. Foster, 1675
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.
Thus the Love of Christ is an Eternal Love,1 because his Divine Nature is Eternal; an unchangeable Love, because his Nature is so; a fruitful Love producing all things which he willeth to his beloved; he loves Life, Grace, Holiness into us; he loves us into Covenant, loves us into Heaven: This is an excellent Love indeed, which doth all for us, and leaves nothing for us to do; we owe this discovery to an Acquaintance with Christ's Person, or rather with his Divine Nature, for the Gospel is very silent in this matter; all that the Gospel tells us is, that Christ loved Sinners so as to die for them, and that he loves good men who believe and obey his Gospel, so as to save them; and that he continues to love them, while they continue to be good, but hates them when they return to their old Vices: And therefore sinners have reason to fetch their comforts, not from the Gospel, but from the Person of Christ, which as far excels the Gospel, as the Gospel excels the Law.
Thus the Love of Christ is an Eternal Love,1 because his Divine Nature is Eternal; an unchangeable Love, because his Nature is so; a fruitful Love producing all things which he willeth to his beloved; he loves Life, Grace, Holiness into us; he loves us into Covenant, loves us into Heaven: This is an excellent Love indeed, which doth all for us, and leaves nothing for us to do; we owe this discovery to an Acquvintance with Christ's Person, or rather with his Divine Nature, for the Gospel is very silent in this matter; all that the Gospel tells us is, that Christ loved Sinners so as to die for them, and that he loves good men who believe and obey his Gospel, so as to save them; and that he continues to love them, while they continue to be good, but hates them when they return to their old Vices: And therefore sinners have reason to fetch their comforts, not from the Gospel, but from the Person of Christ, which as far excels the Gospel, as the Gospel excels the Law.
- 1Mr. Sherlock.