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Love's pedigree, or, A discourse showing the grace of love in a believer to…Love's pedigree, or, A discourse shewing the grace of love in a believer to…
Love's pedigree, or, A discourse showing the grace of love in a believer to be of a divine original delivered in a sermon preached at a lecture in Boston, Febr. 29 1699/1700 / by S. Willard ...Love's pedigree, or, A discourse shewing the grace of love in a believer to be of a divine original delivered in a sermon preached at a lecture in Boston, Febr. 29 1699/1700 / by S. Willard ...
printed by B. Green and J. Allen, 1700
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.
USE. IV.
Hence it follows, that they who truly love God, cannot but acknowledge and adore his Electing love •o them. What is the reason why the Professing World, is so full of prejudices against the Doctrine of Gods free Sovereign Election, and •hat there are so few that can relish, or patiently endure the Preaching of it? Doubtless •t must be because they were never experimentally acquainted with it. That man who •ath had the love of God shed abroad in his heart▪ and hath known what it is to be Saved by Grace, will put the greatest Emphasis upon this Article of it; and his love will be the more ardently inflamed by it, to think that herein God hath manifested what precious and ⟨p. 28⟩endearing thoughts he had for him in the da• of Eternity; how distinguishing that love w•• when he had neither being nor deserving.
Hence it follows, that they who truely love God, •annot but acknowledge and adore his Electing love •o them. What is the reason why the Profesing World, is so full of prejudices against the Doctrine of Gods free Sovereign Election, and •hat there are so few that can relish, or pa•iently endure the Preaching of it? Doub•ess •t must be because they were never experimentally acquainted with it. That man who •ath had the love of God shed abroad in his •eart and hath known what it is to be Saved by Grace, will put the greatest Emphasis upon this Article of it; and his love will be the more ardently enflamed by it, to think that herein God hath manifested what precious and