A heavenly conference between Christ and Mary after His resurrection. Wherein the intimate familiarity,…

¹Why is Christs love so constant, so invincible, that nothing can alter it? ²The ground of it is, it is free love. He fetcheth the ground of his love from his own heart, not from our worthiness, or unworthiness, but from his own freedom, and Gods eternal purpose. ⟨p. 71⟩God hath purposed to save so ³many, and those, and no more he giveth to Christ to save. And God looketh on his own purpose, and Christs free love, and that is the ground of all. And therefore whom he loveth, he loveth to the end, because he looked on us in his election. ⁴The Lord knoweth who are his, the foundation is so sure, if once we be Gods, we are ever Gods. For Christ looks on us in Gods election: therefore if ever he showeth his love to us, once his love, and for ever his love. If any thing in man could hinder it, it would have hindered it at our first conversion, when we were at worst, even enemies; if nothing could hinder it then, what can hinder it afterwards? as the Apostle reasoneth strongly, Rom. 5. 10. If we be reconciled by his death, much more will he save us by his ⁵life. If when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, now much more being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. If when we had no goodness, but opposition, and rebellion in us, we were saved by his death, Christ is much ⟨p. 72⟩more able to save us now by his life, triumphing over death, and being glorious in the Heavens.

¹Why is Christs love so constant, so invincible, that nothing can alter it? ²