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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.
But when the other Graces are out of date, love continues; and in this sense the Apostle saith, Love is greater than Faith, because it abides longest, 1 Cor. 13.8. [Greek or Hebrew], Charity never faileth. Faith is the Jacob's Staff we walk with in this life, 2 Cor. 7.5. We walk by Faith; but we shall set this Jacob's Staff at Heavens door, and only love shall enter. Thus love carries away the Crown from all the other graces. Love is the most long-lived grace, it is a blossom of Eternity. How should we strive to excel in this grace, which alone shall live with us in Heaven, and shall accompany us to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb?
But when the other Graces are out of date, love continues; and in this sence the Apostle saith, Love is greater than Faith, because it abides longest, 1 Cor. 13.8. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Charity never faileth. Faith is the Iacob's Staff we walk with in this life, 2 Cor. 7.5. We walk by Faith; but we shall set this Iacob's Staff at Heavens door, and only love shall enter. Thus love carries away the Crown from all the other graces. Love is the most long-lif'd grace, it is a blossom of Eternity. How should we strive to excel in this grace, which alone shall live with us in Heaven, and shall accompany us to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb?
14. Love to God will never let sin thrive in the heart.1 Some Plants will not thrive when they are near together, as the Laurel and Vine: The love of God withers sin: Though the Old man live, yet as a sick man, it is weak, and draws