The works of George Swinnock, M.A

Besides, Love to my brother should quicken me to this duty If I love him as my self, I shall both grieve at his soul-losses, and rejoice at his spiritual gains; Love delighteth in the welfare of the party loved; The hotter the beams of grace are in the party beloved, the more they rejoice the heart of the lover. Why should any mans eye be evil towards his Brother, because Gods is good to him? Have others the less, because some have so much? Or, is it not my own fault, that I am not as holy and gracious as he? God is a Fountain of grace, always running over, but he derives it to us according to our capacities; If I go to the Well of Salvation, and receive but little of the water of life, I may know the cause; my Vessel was no bigger. Nay, Love to my self, may make me glad at others gifts and graces. The greater the Saints estate is, the more he will relieve others; As the Earth; though it sucketh in so much water as will give her self a competent refreshment, conveyeth many springs through her veins, for the cherishing and refreshment of others. So the Saints do ⟨p. 348⟩not only advantage their own, but also others souls; Lord, though in Hell there be little else but murmuring and repining at the good of thy chosen, yet in Heaven there is no emptiness in themselves, no envying at others; every Saint there hath his joy doubled for another's joy, and is glorified in another's glory; Suffer not thy Servant to make his heart a little Hell, by filling it with grief at the good of thy chosen; But, O make it thy lesser Heaven; be thou pleased to dwell in it, and then I shall begin the work of eternity in time, magnify and bless thee for thy love to them, and praise and bless them for their likeness to thee.

Besides, Love to my brother should quicken me to this duty If I love him as my self, I shall both grieve at his soul-losses, and rejoyce at his spiritual gains; Love delighteth in the welfare of the party loved; The hotter the beames of grace are in the party beloved, the more they rejoyce the heart of the lover. Why should any mans eye be evil towards his Brother, because Gods is good to him? Have others the less, because some have so much? Or, is it not my own fault, that I am not as holy and gracious as he? God is a Fountain of grace, always running over, but he derives it to us according to our capacities; If I go to the Well of Salvation, and receive but little of the water of life, I may know the cause; my Vessel was no bigger. Nay, Love to my self, may make me glad at others gifts and graces. The greater the Saints estate is, the more he will reliev others; As the Earth; though it sucketh in so much water as will give her self a competent refreshment, conveyeth many springs through her veins, for the cherishing and refreshment of others. So the Saints do