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god_n love_v he_o be_v inflame_v with_o god_n love_n as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o burn_a glass_n this_o be_v a_o heavenly_a fire_n kindle_v from_o heaven_n and_o not_o easy_o quench_v 8.7_o cant._n 8.7_o he_o that_o love_v god_n love_v he_o find_v the_o strong_a obligation_n upon_o he_o to_o love_n god_n as_o constrain_v to_o it_o 2_o cor._n 5.14_o and_o god_n endear_v he_o to_o love_n god_n from_o his_o heart_n for_o love_n ravish_v the_o heart_n beyond_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n the_o lord_n and_o his_o spouse_n ravish_v one_o another_o 4.9_o cant._n 4.9_o iii_o he_o that_o will_v keep_v himself_o in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n must_v mind_n and_o meditate_v on_o four_o attribute_n and_o property_n of_o god_n love_n which_o will_v have_v great_a influence_n upon_o his_o heart_n and_o love_n 1._o on_o the_o eternity_n of_o god_n love_n to_o he_o which_o have_v be_v ever_o of_o old_a time_n out_o of_o mind_n yea_o before_o all_o time_n he_o have_v be_v thy_o friend_n and_o thy_o 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and_o if_o by_o grace_n than_o it_o be_v no_o more_o of_o work_n otherwise_o grace_n be_v no_o more_o grace_n o_o meditate_v on_o this_o how_o shall_v the_o consideration_n of_o this_o keep_v we_o in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n ¶_o mark_v and_o mind_n this_o well_o free_a grace_n and_o love_n send_v jesus_n christ_n into_o the_o world_n and_o all_o the_o train_n of_o spiritual_a blessing_n joh._n 3.16_o 1_o joh._n 4.9_o 1._o the_o free_a love_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o election_n rom._n 11.5_o 2._o the_o free_a love_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o effectual_a vocation_n gal._n 1.6.15_o 3._o the_o free_a grace_n and_o love_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o adoption_n eph._n 1.5_o 6._o 4._o the_o free_a love_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o our_o justification_n rom._n 3.24_o 5._o the_o free_a love_n and_o grace_n of_o god_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o pardon_n of_o sin_n rom._n 5.20_o 6._o the_o free_a grace_n and_o love_n of_o god_n be_v 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in_o it_o hear_v the_o apostle_n upon_o it_o eph._n 3.18_o that_o you_o may_v be_v able_a to_o comprehend_v with_o all_o saint_n what_o be_v the_o breadth_n and_o length_n and_o depth_n and_o height_n and_o to_o know_v the_o love_n of_o christ_n which_o pass_v knowledge_n to_o know_v it_o to_o pass_v all_o knowledge_n the_o consideration_n of_o this_o alone_a have_v so_o amaze_v some_o devout_a soul_n that_o they_o have_v be_v in_o a_o ecstasy_n above_o and_o beside_o themselves_o with_o it_o 4._o mind_n and_o meditate_v on_o the_o unchangeableness_n of_o god_n love_n this_o be_v ground_v upon_o two_o immutable_a thing_n by_o which_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o god_n to_o lie_v this_o o_o 18._o heb._n 6.17_o 18._o this_o give_v sure_o anchorhold_a and_o comfort_n to_o a_o true_a believer_n in_o a_o storm_n v._o 19_o this_o assurance_n god_n have_v give_v his_o people_n of_o old_a jer._n 31.3_o i_o have_v love_v thou_o with_o a_o everlasting_a love_n rom._n 8._o ult_n 13.1_o joh._n 13.1_o it_o be_v a_o inseparable_a love_n it_o be_v a_o final_a love_n but_o not_o finite_a love_n it_o be_v to_o the_o end_n and_o without_o end_n it_o be_v invincible_a love_n cant._n 8.6_o it_o be_v a_o unquenchable_a love_n cant._n 8.7_o obj._n if_o this_o be_v so_o what_o need_v then_o of_o the_o apostle_n exhortation_n to_o keep_v ourselves_o in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n answ_n 1._o because_o god_n promise_n and_o believer_n privilege_n do_v not_o exclude_v but_o include_v the_o use_n of_o mean_n for_o instance_n phil._n 2.12_o 13._o work_v out_o your_o own_o salvation_n with_o fear_n and_o tremble_a for_o it_o be_v god_n that_o work_v in_o you_o to_o will_n and_o to_o do_v of_o his_o good_a pleasure_n eph._n 1.5_o according_a as_o he_o have_v choose_v we_o in_o he_o before_o the_o foundaon_n of_o the_o world_n that_o we_o shall_v be_v holy_a and_o without_o blame_n before_o he_o in_o love_n 2_o pet._n 1.4_o to_o verse_n 10._o he_o tell_v they_o god_n have_v give_v they_o 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and_o work_n upon_o we_o and_o in_o we_o unto_o conversion_n and_o regeneration_n hereby_o put_v into_o we_o a_o active_a principle_n and_o help_v and_o recruit_n it_o continual_o by_o auxiliary_a grace_n our_o habit_n of_o grace_n cease_v act_v if_o god_n suspend_v the_o influence_n of_o grace_n as_o we_o see_v in_o peter_n ease_n both_o upon_o the_o water_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o sink_v till_o the_o lord_n give_v he_o a_o hand_n and_o go_v on_o deny_v his_o master_n till_o the_o lord_n look_v upon_o he_o and_o melt_v he_o into_o tear_n god_n will_v ever_o have_v we_o behold_v to_o he_o and_o lean_a upon_o he_o 5._o h._n 15.4_o 5._o
to_o the_o end_n and_o you_o see_v what_o power_n he_o have_v with_o god_n in_o prayer_n for_o wicked_a sodom_n god_n communicate_v his_o secret_n to_o he_o as_o one_o friend_n to_o another_o and_o abraham_n make_v intercession_n to_o he_o as_o favourite_n of_o prince_n for_o malefactor_n so_o do_v he_o for_o sodom_n and_o you_o know_v how_o far_o he_o prevail_v for_o he_o be_v a_o righteous_a man_n 5.16_o jam._n 5.16_o and_o such_o a_o man_n prayer_n prevail_v much_o and_o what_o be_v abraham_n righteousness_n even_o the_o righteousness_n of_o faith_n by_o imputation_n 4._o rom._n 4._o and_o this_o faith_n live_v and_o work_v xv._o we_o keep_v ourselves_o in_o the_o love_n of_o god_n when_o we_o declare_v a_o public_a spirit_n for_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n in_o his_o church_n against_o the_o enemy_n of_o it_o by_o be_v zealous_a for_o his_o glory_n and_o valiant_a for_o his_o truth_n in_o our_o station_n 5._o judg._n 5._o this_o be_v lively_o assert_v in_o the_o song_n of_o deborah_n and_o barak_n who_o after_o she_o have_v praise_v some_o for_o their_o appear_v and_o other_o for_o not_o appear_v in_o this_o cause_n dispraise_v the_o lord_n she_o praise_v above_o all_o for_o his_o presence_n with_o his_o people_n and_o for_o that_o spirit_n of_o love_n he_o pour_v out_o upon_o they_o in_o these_o word_n 31._o vers_fw-la 31._o so_o let_v all_o thy_o enemy_n perish_v o_o lord_n but_o let_v they_o that_o love_v he_o be_v as_o the_o sun_n when_o he_o go_v forth_o in_o his_o might_n now_o the_o reason_n why_o this_o public_a spirit_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n be_v express_v by_o our_o love_n to_o god_n be_v this_o because_o god_n be_v so_o much_o concern_v in_o it_o 1._o as_o to_o his_o honour_n to_o defend_v and_o deliver_v his_o people_n from_o he_o and_o their_o enemy_n as_o the_o midianite_n be_v 2._o as_o to_o his_o power_n in_o reduce_v thirty_o thousand_o to_o three_o hundred_o 7._o jud._n 7._o as_o in_o gideon_n case_n all_o that_o lap_v he_o as_o a_o poor_a barley_n cake_n tumble_v all_o the_o enemy_n down_o and_o by_o a_o small_a company_n and_o a_o woman_n in_o deborahs_n case_n that_o be_v by_o herself_o and_o jael_n judg._n 4.21_o destroy_v jabin_n and_o sisera_n mighty_a host_n to_o omit_v many_o other_o instance_n of_o public_a heart_n in_o this_o case_n signal_o own_v by_o god_n because_o they_o signal_o appear_v for_o god_n thus_o moses_n exod._n 2.11_o 13._o 5.9_o judg._n 5.9_o this_o be_v their_o love_n thus_o say_v deborah_n my_o heart_n be_v towards_o the_o governor_n of_o israel_n that_o offer_v themselves_o willing_o bless_v you_o the_o lord_n zebulun_n and_o napthali_n jeopard_v their_o life_n unto_o death_n in_o the_o high_a place_n of_o the_o field_n and_o thus_o do_v issachar_n ver_fw-la 15._o but_o reuben_n gad_n manasseh_n dan_n and_o asher_n be_v brand_v for_o their_o cowardice_n i_o say_v all_o this_o appear_v in_o the_o defence_n of_o all_o that_o be_v dear_a to_o god_n and_o they_o be_v call_v love_n to_o god_n therefore_o we_o may_v in_o no_o wise_n exclude_v this_o noble_a public_a spirit_n in_o the_o cause_n of_o god_n and_o his_o people_n from_o the_o love_n of_o god_n for_o there_o be_v no_o principle_n in_o the_o world_n like_v to_o the_o love_n of_o god_n espousal_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d joh._n 3.8_o deum_fw-la odisse_fw-la in_fw-la sacris_fw-la literis_fw-la peculiariter_fw-la illi_fw-la dicuntur_fw-la qui_fw-la falsos_fw-la deos_fw-la colunt_fw-la maimon_n which_o love_v i_o and_o keep_v my_o commandment_n illa_fw-la praecipuè_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la arcendas_fw-la pravas_fw-la superstitiones_fw-la pertinent_a grot._fw-la hinc_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d pij_fw-la dicti_fw-la sunt_fw-la ezek._n 16.33_o 36_o 37._o chap._n 23.5_o jer._n 2.2_o i_o remember_v the_o love_n of_o the_o espousal_n to_o animate_v and_o inflame_v the_o soul_n to_o do_v great_a thing_n for_o god_n this_o spirit_n be_v marvellous_a in_o david_n who_o very_a 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that_o other_o have_v and_o act_v more_o than_o they_o the_o preach_v of_o christ_n by_o those_o that_o envy_v make_v paul_n joyful_a phil._n 3.18_o it_o shall_v please_v we_o though_o another_o can_v do_v more_o service_n to_o god_n than_o ourselves_o 5._o christianity_n abolish_v not_o affection_n but_o rectify_v it_o it_o dry_v not_o §_o 30_o up_o the_o stream_n of_o sorrow_n joy_n hatred_n etc._n etc._n but_o only_o turn_v they_o into_o the_o right_a channel_n it_o remove_v not_o away_o their_o be_v but_o their_o ill_a be_v religion_n non_fw-la mactat_fw-la sed_fw-la sanctificat_fw-la it_o slay_v not_o but_o sanctify_v affection_n it_o do_v not_o unman_v a_o man_n but_o only_a undevil_n he_o grace_n be_v like_o the_o percolation_n or_o drain_n of_o salt_n water_n through_o the_o earth_n it_o only_o take_v away_o the_o brackishness_n and_o unsavouriness_n of_o our_o affection_n and_o faculty_n it_o kill_v not_o isaac_n but_o the_o ram_n it_o do_v not_o break_v but_o only_o tune_v 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that_o which_o this_o good_a man_n undergo_v be_v a_o great_a dejection_n and_o disquietment_n in_o his_o own_o spirit_n by_o reason_n of_o some_o great_a affliction_n that_o befall_v he_o god_n providence_n touch_v he_o in_o his_o dear_a and_o most_o valuable_a mercy_n for_o he_o be_v a_o exile_n from_o god_n altar_n god_n great_a enemy_n touch_v he_o in_o that_o which_o lie_v near_a to_o his_o heart_n for_o they_o reproach_v he_o with_o his_o god_n and_o consequent_o with_o and_o for_o all_o his_o religious_a hope_n and_o duty_n thus_o strike_v at_o his_o god_n through_o he_o all_o this_o afflict_a he_o the_o more_o in_o that_o hereby_o great_a jealousy_n and_o suspicion_n be_v arise_v of_o god_n desert_v he_o and_o dismal_a fear_n and_o thought_n of_o god_n have_v hide_v his_o face_n from_o he_o and_o he_o see_v no_o likelihood_n in_o the_o posture_n and_o presage_n of_o second_o cause_n that_o ever_o it_o will_v be_v better_o with_o he_o and_o hence_o his_o spirit_n be_v 6._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vet_z edit_fw-la consternêtis_fw-gr have_v par_fw-fr conturbaris_fw-la syr._n coâ—â—ristas_fw-la i_o arab._n deijcis_fw-la te_fw-la v._n 6._o bow_v down_o and_o aliâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d b_o that_o be_v disquiet_v within_o i_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 70._o tumultueris_fw-la adversum_fw-la me_fw-it targ._n conturbas_fw-la i_o v._o 6._o syr._n ar._n stupidus_fw-la es_fw-la &_o personas_fw-la in_o i_o ut_fw-la aliâ—_n disquiet_v within_o he_o he_o be_v as_o stripe_n of_o all_o composure_n strength_n and_o comfort_n his_o passion_n they_o be_v apt_a to_o mutiny_v his_o confidence_n to_o decay_v and_o wither_v and_o the_o serenity_n of_o his_o spirit_n to_o decline_v sorrow_n encompass_v he_o like_o a_o cloud_n press_v he_o down_o like_o a_o great_a burden_n bind_v he_o down_o like_o a_o chain_n come_v in_o upon_o he_o like_o a_o flood_n and_o rush_v in_o on_o he_o like_o a_o dissolute_a and_o surprise_a host_n 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