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

4. Would you have much Love to Christ, get much Faith. Faith worketh Love both to the Father and to the Son; ⟨p. 139⟩According to the measure of your Faith, so will the measure of your Love be: Such as are without any Faith, are without any Love; such as have but a feeble faith, have but a weak love; and such as have the strongest faith, have the strongest love. The strongest faith giveth the clearest discovery of Christs infinite Excellencies and Perfections; It is not the eye of Sense which doth discern Christ, neither is it the eye of Reason which doth discern him; whatever discoveries we have of Christ, it is by Revelation, and this is discernible only by Faith. Faith is the Evidence of things not seen, and the unseen Christ is evident by Faith to be the most excellent Person, and the most suitable Object of love, and the more evident the Object of love is, the stronger will the love be. Moreover, Faith is not only the Eye of the Soul to discern Christ, but also the Hand of the Soul, not only to take hold on him, but also to receive from him of his Fullness Grace for Grace, and by consequence more of this Grace of love to him. Our Communion with Christ is by Faith; the more intimate acquaintance and fellowship we have with those whom we love, the more endeared will be our love; the strongest Faith brings us unto ⟨p. 140⟩the greatest intimacy, fellowship and familiarity with Christ, and therefore it is a means of the strongest Love. Endeavour then to get a strong Faith, and to live daily in the powerful exercise thereof; the more you live by Faith, the more you will dwell in the Love of Christ.

4. Would you have much Love to Christ, get much Faith. Faith worketh Love both to the Father and to the Son; ⟨p. 139⟩According to the measure of your Faith, so will the measure of your Love be: Such as are without any Faith, are without any Love; such as have but a •eeble faith, have but a weak love; and such as have the strongest faith, have the strongest love. The strongest faith giveth the clearest discovery of Christs infinite Excellencies and Perfections; It is not the eye of Sense which doth discern Christ, neither is it the eye of Reason which doth discern him; whatever discoveries we have of Christ, it is by Revelation, and this is discernable onely by Faith. Faith is the Evidence of things not seen, and the unseen Christ is evident by Faith to be the most excellent Person, and the most sutable Object of love, and the more evident the Object of love is, the stronger will the love be. Moreover, Faith is not onely the Eye of the Soul to discern Christ, but also the Hand of the Soul, not onely to take hold on him, but also to receive from him of his Fulness Grace for Grace, and by consequence more of this Grace of love to him. Our Communion with Christ is by Faith; the more intimate acquaintance and fellowship we have with those whom we love, the more endeared will be our love; the strongest Faith brings us unto