A Divine Cordial

6. Love to God is peculiar: He who is a §6Lover of God, gives him such a love, as he bestows upon none else. As God gives his children such a love as he doth not bestow upon the wicked, electing, adopting love; so a gracious heart gives to God such a special distinguishing love, as none else are sharers in▪ ⟨p. 90⟩2 Cor. 11.2. I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste Virgin to Christ. A Wife espoused to an Husband, gives him such a love as she hath for none else; she doth not part with her conjugal love to any, but her husband: So a Saint espoused to Christ, gives him a peculiarity of love, a love incommunicable to any other, namely, a love joined with adoration. Not only the love is given to God, but the soul, Cant. 4.8. A garden enclosed, is my Sister, my Spouse. The heart of a Believer is Christs Garden, the Flower growing in it, is love mixed with Divine Worship, and this Flower is for Christ alone to smell to; the Spouse keeps the Key of the Garden, that none may come there but Christ.

6. Love to God is peculiar: He who is a §6Lover of God, gives him such a love, as he bestows upon none else. As God gives his children such a love as he doth not bestow upon the wicked, electing, adopting love; so a gracious heart gives to God such a special distinguishing love, as none else are sharers in▪ ⟨p. 90⟩2 Cor. 11.2. I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chast Virgin to Christ. A Wife espoused to an Husband, gives him such a love as she hath for none else; she doth not part with her conjugal love to any, but her husband: So a Saint espoused to Christ, gives him a peculiarity of love, a love incommunicable to any other, namely, a love joyned with adoration. Not only the love is given to God, but the soul,