The Motive or ground of this Love, is Gods Spirit in the Promise, letting in some intimation of Gods love into the soul; thus Psal. 42. 8. The Lord will command his loving kindness in 1the day time: This is a phrase taken from Kings and Princes, and great Commanders in the field, whose words of Command stand for Laws; so the Lord sends out his loving kindness, and saith, Go out, my everlasting love and kindness, take a Commission from me, and to go that humble, thirsty and hunger-bitten sinner, and go and prosper, and prevail, and settle my love effectually upon him, and fasten my mercy upon him; I command my loving kindness to do it. Thus the Lord doth put a Commission into the hands of his loving kindness, that it shall do good to the poor soul, yea though it withdraw it self, saying, What, I mercy? will Christ Jesus accept of me? No, no; there is no hope of mercy for me: indeed if I could pray thus, hear thus, and perform Duties with that enlargement, and had those parts and abilities, then there were some comfort, but now there is no hope of mercy for me. We demand, Is this your case? is it thus and thus? are you thus humbled? and have you thus longed for the riches of his Mercy in Christ? Lo then, the Lord hath put a Commission into the hands of his loving kindness, saying, Go to that poor soul, and break open the doors upon that weary weltering heart, and break off all those bolts, and rend off that veil of ignorance and carnal Reason, and all those Arguments: Go (I say) to that soul, and cheer it, and warm it, and tell it from me, That his sins are pardoned, and his soul shall be saved, and his sighs and prayers are heard in heaven; and I charge you do the work before you come again.
The Motive or ground of this Love, is Gods Spirit in the Promise, letting in some intimation of Gods love into the soul; thus Psal. 42. 8. The Lord will command his loving kindeness in 1the day time: This is a phrase taken from Kings and Princes, and great Commanders in the field, whose words of Command stand for Laws; so the Lord sends out his loving kindeness, and saith, Go out, my everlasting love and kindeness, take a Commission from me, and to go that humble, thirsty and hunger-bitten sinner, and go and prosper, and prevail, and settle my love effectually upon him, and fasten my mercy upon him; I command my loving kindeness to do it. Thus the Lord doth put a Commission into the hands of his loving kindeness, that it shall do good to the poor soul, yea though it withdraw it self, saying, What, I mercy? will Christ Jesus accept of me? No, no; there is no hope of mercy for me: indeed if I could pray thus, hear thus, and perform Duties with that enlargement, and had those parts and abilities, then there were some comfort, but now there is no hope of mercy for me. We demand, Is this your case? is it thus and thus? are you thus humbled? and have you thus longed for the riches of his Mercy in Christ? Lo then, the Lord hath put a Commission into the hands of his loving kindeness, saying, Go to that poor soul, and break open the doors upon that weary weltering heart, and break off all those bolts, and rend off that veil of ignorance and carnal Reason, and all those Arguments: Go (I say) to that soul, and chear it, and warm it, and tell it from me, That his sins are pardoned, and his soul shall be saved, and his sighs and prayers are heard in heaven; and I charge you do the work before you come again.
- 1Psal. 42. 8.
