A64995:144
The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to…
The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to excite and promote the decaying love of Christ in the hearts of Christians with an appendix concerning Christs manifestation of himself to them that love him / by Thomas Vincent.
London: printed by J.R. for Samuel Sprint, 1677
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.
2. The love of Christ is useful in Adversity, to bear up the Heart from sinking and being overwhelmed with the Winds and Waves of Trouble and Affliction; it is of use to establish the Heart from being extraordinarily moved in the most Stormy times: not only Faith but Love too is of a fixing nature to keep from amazing fears of evil tidings, and the greatest perils; and of a strengthening Nature to stay and support the Spirit and keep off pressing Griefs and despondencies in the darkest and most doleful days.
2. The love of Christ is useful in Adversity, to bear up the Heart from sinking and being overwhelmed with the Winds and Waves of Trouble and Affliction; it is of use to establish the Heart from being extraordinarily moved in the most Stormy times: not only Faith but Love too is of a fixing nature to keep from amazing fears of evil tidings, and the greatest perils; and of a strengthning Nature to stay and support the Spirit and keep off pressing Griefs and despondencies in the darkest and most doleful days.
3. The love of Christ is useful to quicken and excite unto duty, this makes the yoke of Christ easy, and will enable you to draw cheerfully therein; this makes the burden of du•y (so accounted by the most,) to be no burden in esteem; if you have much love unto Christ you will account duty to be your privilege, and the Service of Christ to be freedom, and none of his commands will be grievous, but all of them joyous unto you; if you have much love unto Christ, your Hearts will be enflamed hereby with zeal for your Masters Glory, and you will never ⟨p. 109⟩think you can do too much for him.
3. The love of Christ is useful to quicken and excite unto duty, this makes the yoke of Christ easie, and will enable you to draw cheerfully therein; this makes the burden of du•y (so accounted by the most,) to be no burden in esteem; if you have much love unto Christ you will account duty to be your priviledge, and the Service of Christ to be freedome, and none of his commands will be grievous, but all of them joyous unto you; if you have much love unto Chrit, your Hearts will be ensiamed hereby with zeal for your Masters Glory, and you will never