The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…

3. Consider that Christ Loveth you with the Strongest Love. His love is more strong than▪ Death, more ardent than the Fire, which hath a most vehement Flame. The strength of Christs Love to you doth show it self in the activity of his Love, in his Doing for you; and this will appear in three things, 1. In what he hath done for you, 2. In what he is doing for you. 3. In what he will do for you.

3. Consider th•t Christ Loveth you with the Strongest Love. His love is more strong than▪ Death, more ardent than the Fire, which hath a most vehement Flame. The strength of Christs Love to you doth shew it self in the activity of his Love, in his Doing for you; and this will appear in three things, 1. In what he hath done for you, 2. In what he is doing for you. 3. In what he will do for you.

1. The strength and activity of Christs Love to you, doth show it self in what Christ hath done for you; I shall briefly name some particulars. 1. It was the strong Love of Christ which brought him down from heaven for you, to assume your Nature, what manner of love was this that God should become man! that Spirit should become flesh, that he who made the world should be born of a mean Virgin, and all for your sakes! 2. It was the love of Christ which made him to fulfil all righteousness for you; He yielded perfect obedience to the Law both Moral and Ceremonial, that you might have the benefit of ⟨p. 77⟩it. It was the Love of Christ which made him submit himself to the temptations of the Devil for you, that he, suffering being tempted, might be able to succour you when you are tempted. 4. It was the Love of Christ which made him endure the contradictions of sinners for you; he bore many affronts, contumelies, envyings and blasphemies of wicked men, that he might give you an example how to carry your selves under the like circumstances. 5. It was the Love of Christ which made him lay down his Life for you,