A Body of Practical Divinity

Resp. 1. He that loves God, desires his sweet Presence: Lovers cannot be long asunder; they have their [Greek or Hebrew], Fainting Fits, they want a sight of the Object of their Love. A Soul deeply in Love with God, desires the enjoyment of him in his Ordinances, in Word, Prayer, Sacrament. David was ready to faint away and Dye, when he had not a sight of God, Psal. 84.2. My Soul fainteth for God; such as care not for Ordinances, but say, when will the Sabbath be over? plainly discover want of Love to God.

Resp. 1. He that loves God, desires his sweet Presence: Lovers cannot be long asunder; they have their 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Fainting Fits, they want a sight of the Object of their Love. A Soul deeply in Love with God, desires the enjoyment of him in his Ordinances, in Word, Prayer, Sacrament. David was ready to faint away and Dye, when he had not a sight of God, Psal. 84.2. My Soul fainteth for God; such as care not for Ordinances, but say, when will the Sabbath be over? plainly discover want of Love to God.

2. He who loves God, doth not love Sin, Psal. 97.10. Ye that love the Lord, hate evil. The love of God, and love of Sin, can no more mix together, than Iron and Clay: Every Sin loved, strikes at the Being of God; but he who loves God hath an Antipathy against Sin. He who would part between Two Lovers, is an Hateful Person; God and the Believing Soul, are Two Lovers; Sin comes to part between them, therefore the Soul is implacably set against Sin. By this try your Love to God. How could Delilah say she loved Sampson, when she entertained correspondence with the Philistines who were his Mortal Enemies? How can he say he loves God, who loves Sin, which is God's Enemy?

2. He who loves God, doth not love Sin,