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

2. You have Spiritual life from Christ; you were Spiritually dead, and Christ hath quickened you, Eph. 2. 1. You hath he quickened who were dead in sins and trespasses. We read that Christ raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been buried four days, John 11. Lazarus did love Christ before, but no doubt this Resurrection of him so wonderfully did endear his love to Christ exceedingly; and shall not Christs raising you up from your Spiritual death, raise your Hearts unto a great height of love to Christ! you will greatly love one that is instrumental to save your natural life, when in great hazard and danger, especially if he should do it by venturing his own; and will you not greatly love Christ who hath given you Spiritual life, which is far more excellent than the life of Nature; and when he dyed that you ⟨p. 90⟩might live, and when if you had not received this Spiritual life from him, you could not have escaped eternal Death?

2. You have Spiritual life from Christ; you were Spiritually dead, and Christ hath quickned you, Eph. 2. 1. You hath he quickned who were dead in sins and trespasses. We read that Christ raised Lazarus from the dead after he had been buried four dayes, Iohn 11. Lazarus did love Christ before, but no doubt this Resurrection of him so wonderfully did endear his love to Christ exceedingly; and shall not Christs raising you up from your Spiritual death, raise your Hearts unto a great height of love to Christ! you will greatly love one that is instrumental to save your natural life, when in great hazard and danger, especially if he should do it by venturing his own; and will you not greatly love Christ who hath given you Spiritual life, which is far more excellent than the life of Nature; and when he dyed that you ⟨p. 90⟩might live, and when if you had not received this Spiritual life from him, you could not have escaped eternal Death?