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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.
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.
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 enflame our love to God.
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Quest. How shall we do to love God?
Answ. 1. Study God: Did we study him more, we should love him more. Take a view of his superlative Excellencies*, his Holiness, his incomprehensible goodness: The Angels know God better than we, and clearly behold the splendour of his Majesty, therefore they are so deeply enamoured with him.