A Divine Cordial

¹19. Want of love to God is the Ground of Apostasy. The Seed in the Parable which had no root, fell away: He who hath not the love of God rooted in his heart will fall away in time of temptation. He who loves God, will cleave to him, as […] to Naomi, Ruth 1.16. Where thou goest I will go, and where thou dyest I will dye. But he who wants love to God will do as Orpah to her Mother-in-Law, she kissed her, and took her farewell of her. That Soldier who hath no love to his Commander, when he sees an opportunity he will leave him, and run over to the Enemies side. He who hath no love in his heart to God, you may prick him down for an Apostate.

¹19. Want of love to God is the Ground of Apostacy. The Seed in the Parable which had no root, fell away: He who hath not the love of God rooted in his heart will fall away in time of temptation. He who loves God, will cleave to him, as 〈…〉 to Naomi, Ruth 1.16. Where thou goest I will go, and where thou dyest I will dye. But he who wants love to God will do as Orpah to her Mother-in-Law, she kissed her, and took her farewel of her. That Souldier who hath no love to his Commander, when he sees an opportunity he will leave him, and run over to the Enemies side. He who hath no love in his heart to God, you may prick him down for an Apostate.

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20. Love is the only thing, in which we can retaliate with God.¹ If God be angry with us, we must not be angry again; if he chide us, we must not chide him again; but if God love us, we must love him again: There is nothing in which we can answer God again, but love; we must not give him word for word, but we must give him love for love. Thus we have seen twenty Motives to excite and inflame our love to God.