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A Divine Cordial
A divine cordial, or, The transcendent privilege of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...A divine cordial, or, The transcendent priviledge of those that love God and are savingly called published by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1663
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.
3. It must be a fervent love. The Hebrew word for love [Greek or Hebrew] signifies ardency of affection. Saints must be Seraphims, burning in holy love. To love one coldly, is all one as not to love him. The Sun shines as hot as it can. Our love to God must be intense and vehement; like the Coals of Juniper, which are most acute and fervent, Psal. 120.4. Our love to transitory things must be indifferent; we must love quasi non, as if we loved not, 1 Cor. 7.30*. But our love to God must flame forth. The Spouse was amore perculsa, Sick of Love to Christ, Cant. 2.5. We can never love God as he deserves: As Gods punishing us is less than we deserve, Ezra. 9.13. so our loving him is less than he deserves.
3. It must be a fervent love. The Hebrew word for love 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 signifies ardency of affection. Saints must be Seraphims, burning in holy love. To love one coldly, is all one as not to love him. The Sun shines as hot as it can. Our love to God must be intense and vehement; like the Coales of Iuniper, which are most acute and fervent, Psal. 120.4. Our love to transitory things must be indifferent; we must love quasi non, as if we loved not, 1 Cor. 7.30*. But our love to God must flame forth. The Spouse was amore perculsa, Sick of Love to Christ, Cant. 2.5. We can never love God as he deserves: As Gods punishing us is less than we deserve, Ezra. 9.13. so our loving him is lesse than he deserves.