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

The fourth and last sort of Motives to […] your love to Christ may be drawn from the consideration of that love which Christians have or should have unto him; and here consider, 1. The Duty. 2. The Privilege. 3. The Honour. 4. The Wisdom. 5. The Excellency. 6. The Necessity. 7. The Usefulness. 8. The Delightfulness. 9. The Attainableness of this love to Jesus Christ.

THe fourth and last sort of Motives to 〈…〉 your love to Christ may be drawn from the consideration of that love which Christians have or shou'd have unto him; and here consider, 1. The Duty. 2. The Priviledge. 3. The Honour. 4. The Wisdom. 5. The Excellency. 6. The Necessity. 7. The Usefulness. 8. The Delightfulness. 9. The Attainableness of this love to Jesus Christ.

1. Consider it is your Duty to love Christ; if it be your Duty to have a Natural affection unto Parents & Children, it is much more your Duty to have spiritual affections unto Christ; If it be your duty to have conjugal affection unto your Earthly Husband and Wife; it is a greater duty to have conjugal love unto this your heavenly Husband. If it be your Duty to love Brethren, Sisters and Kindred, that love you, it is a greater Duty to love Jesus Christ, who loves you above all Relations; if it be your Duty to love your Enemies, it is much more your Duty to love Christ who is your best Friend. It is the will of your Heavenly Father that ⟨p. 98⟩you should love Christ; the Devil would have you •ate him, but God would have you love him, and whether it be most reason that you should obey the Will of God or the Will of the Devil, judge ye. It is the Will of Christ that you should love him; the will of the flesh is against this love, but whose will ought you to comply withal? you are not debtors to the Flesh that you should obey it's command, neither are you Debtors to any Creatures to give them your choicest affections, but you are debtors unto Christ to give him your chief love: Christ hath most right to your love, and will you not give to Christ his due? if you are bound to give men their due, are you not much more bound to give unto Christ his due? Christs due is your best, and have you any thing better than your Hearts to present him withal? will Christ accept of any thing at your hands, should you withhold from him your Hearts? had you Thousands of Rams, and ten Thousand Rivers of Oil to offer to him, had you all the Treasures of the Earth at your dispose, and should lay it down all at his feet, it would be all slighted and disregarded by him, if you give away yours Hearts from him.