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A learned commentary or exposition
A learned commentary or exposition: upon the first chapter of the second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians Being the substance of many sermons formerly preached at Gray's-Inn, London, by that reverend and judicious divine, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Sometimes Master of Catherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher to that honourable society. Published for the public good and benefit of the Church of Christ. By Tho. Manton, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel at Stoke-Newington, near London.A learned commentary or exposition: upon the first chapter of the second Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians Being the substance of many sermons formerly preached at Grayes-Inne, London, by that reverend and judicious divine, Richard Sibbs, D.D. Sometimes Master of Catherine-Hall in Cambridge, and preacher to that honourable society. Published for the publick good and benefit of the Church of Christ. By Tho. Manton, B.D. and preacher of the Gospel at Stoake-Newington, near London.
London: printed by J.L. for N.B., 1655
A COMMENTARY upon the first CHAPTER of the second Epistle of S. PAU… › Commentary on verse 20
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.
If a Princes, love to any man be founded and grounded upon the love he bears to his son, if he loves his son he loves such a man because his son loves him: surely he may have great comfort that it it will hold; because his affection is natural, and unalterable; he will alway love his son; therefore he will love him whom his son loves alway. Now Christ is the Son of God, he loves us in his Son; he hath given ⟨p. 413⟩us rich promises in his Son. He hath given him, the first promise, and all other promises of forgiveness of sins, and life everlasting in and through him. As long as he loves Christ, he will love us, and as sure as he loves Christ, he will love us.
If a Princes, love to any man be founded and grounded upon the love he bears to his son, if he loves his son he loves such a man because his son loves him: surely he may have great comfort that it it will hold; because his affection is naturall, and unalterable; he will alway love his son; therefore he will love him whom his son loves alway. Now Christ is the Son of God, he loves us in his Son; he hath given ⟨p. 413⟩us rich promises in his Son. He hath given him, the first promise, and all other promises of forgivenesse of sins, and life everlasting in and through him. As long as he loves Chrst, he will love us, and as sure as he loves Christ, he will love us.
Nothing in the world can separate his love from his own Son, and nothing in the world can separate Gods love from us, because it is in his Son. Christ loves his mystical body as well as his natural body: and God loves the mystical body of Christ, as he loves his natural body: he hath advanced that to glory at his right hand, and will he leave his mystical body the Church? will he not advance that? Doth he not love whole Christ? Yes, God loves whole Christ. Our nature that he hath taken to him, it is the chief thing, the most lovely thing in heaven or earth, next to God: And he loves all that are in him, his mystical body. For indeed he gave us to Christ, he hath sealed and anointed him; he is anointed by God the Father for us.