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Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from several texts of Scripture, opened and applied. 1.…Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from severall texts of Scripture, opened and applyed. 1.…
Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from several texts of Scripture, opened and applied. 1. A heavenly [sic] treatise of the divine love of Christ. 2. The Christians freedom. 3. The deformed form of a formal profession. 4. Christs fullness, and mans emptiness. By John Preston, doctor in divinity, chaplain in ordinary to King James, Mr. of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Lincolns Inn.Sun-beams of gospel-light shining clearly from severall texts of Scripture, opened and applyed. 1. A heavemly [sic] treatise of the devine love of Christ. 2. The Christians freedome. 3. The deformed forme of a formall profession. 4. Christs fulnesse, and mans emptinesse. By John Preston, doctor in divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to King James, Mr. of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher at Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed for John Stafford, 1644
Sermon 5 › A HEAVENLY TREATISE OF THE DIVINE LOVE OF CHRIST.
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Lastly, the diligence of love is seen in keeping of his commandments. If thou doest nothing for the Lord, thou lovest him not. So much love as thou hast, so much care will there be in thee to do his will; so much fire, so much heat to stir for his glory: So much love, so much desire to walk in perfect obedience before him.
Lastly, the diligence of love is seene in keeping of his commandements. If thou doest nothing for the Lord, thou lovest him not. So much love as thou hast, so much care will there be in thee to doe his will; so much fire, so much heat to stir for his glory: So much love, so much desire to walke in perfect obedience before him.
And now we come to the object upon 1whom our love must be placed, The Lord Jesus. Consider whom it is, whom, if you love not, ⟨p. 80⟩I pronounce you thus accursed. It is the Lord Jesus, he is your Lord, your Prince, your Saviour, your Messiah, your Prophet, so that he which loves him not, is worthy to be accursed.
And now wee come to the object upon 1whom our love must be placed, The Lord Iesus. Consider whom it is, whom, if you love not, ⟨p. 80⟩I pronounce you thus accursed. It is the Lord Jesus, he is your Lord, your Prince, your Saviour, your Messias, your Prophet, so that hee which loves him not, is worthy to be accursed.
- 1The object on whom our love must be set.