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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
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.
Now fourthly, We must add to our faith Love, for Love enableth a man to seek the things of Jesus Christ. 1Therefore, 1 Cor. 13. it is said that Love seeketh not her own things. If you would bring your hearts not to seek your own things, but the things of Christ, get Love. That is, you must know that self-love seeks its own things: and the more self-love is in any man, the more respect he hath to himself, the more he seeks his own things, which tend to his own advantage, but the love of another makes a man seek the things of another, it ⟨p. 395⟩makes a man bountiful, as Saint Paul saith, I am ready to be bestowed for your sakes. And therefore you have that saying that love edifieth; that is, it makes the magistrate to take care for the good of the people, the Minister for his charge, &c.
Now fourthly, Wee must adde to our faith Love, for Love enableth a man to seek the things of Jesus Christ. 1Therefore, 1 Cor. 13. it is said that Love seeketh not her own things. If you would bring your hearts not to seek your own things, but the things of Christ, get Love. That is, you must know that self-love seeks its own things: and the more self-love is in any man, the more respect he hath to himself, the more he seeks his own things, which tend to his own advantage, but the love of another makes a man seek the things of another, it ⟨p. 395⟩makes a man bountiful, as Saint Paul saith, I am ready to be bestowed for your sakes. And therefore you have that saying that love ed•fieth; that is, it makes the magistrate to take care for the good of the people, the Minister for his charge, &c.
- 14. By love. […] Cor. 13.4. By love. 〈…〉 Cor. 13.