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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.
1. Christians ought to love Christ with Sincerity of Love, Eph. 6. 24. Grace be with all them that Love our Lord Jesus Christ in Sincerity. It was the great sin of Judah, Jer. 3. 10. That she turned not to the Lord with her whole heart, but feignedly: so it is a great sin to love Christ with a feigned and hypocritical love; the love of Christians to Christ ought to be sincere in regard of the habit & inward workings of it, they must love him not only in show, word, and outward profession, but their love must be cordial in the heart and so a love indeed and in truth: and the love of ⟨p. 19⟩Christians to Christ must be sincere in regard of the object of it, they must love Christ for himself and not chiefly for what they get by him; to love Christ only for Temporal gain is hypocritical love, to love Christ chiefly for other gain is not so spiritual, but to love Christ for his own excellencies and perfections is most sincere and generous, this sincerity of love to Christ is every ones duty.
1. Christians ought to love Christ with Sincerity of Love, Eph. 6. 24. Grace be with all them that Love our Lord Iesus Christ in Sincerity. It was the great sin of Iudah, Ier. 3. 10. That she turned not to the Lord with her whole heart, but feignedly: so it is a great sin to love Christ with a feigned and hypocritical love; the love of Christians to Christ ought to be sincere in regard of the habit & inward workings of it, they must love him not only in show, word, and outward profession, but their love must be cordial in the heart and so a love indeed and in truth: and the love of ⟨p. 19⟩Christians to Christ must be sincere in regard of the object of it, they must love Christ for himself and not chiefly for what they get by him; to love Christ only for Temporal gain is hypocritical love, to love Christ cheifly for other gain is not so spiritual, but to love Christ for his own excellencies and perfections is most sincere and generous, this sincerity of love to Christ is every ones duty.