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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B05842	A discourse on the love of Christ, by William Sheppard, A.M. and minister of the Gospel at Oundle in Northamptonshire.	Sheppard, William, d. 1724.	1695 (1695)	Wing S3219B; ESTC R184080	27,366	32

of Christ As if it were enough for others such a Sinner and such a Sinner but not for you It was ● Brand upon the Israelites that they limited the Holy One of 〈◊〉 They spake against God What did they say Can God furnish a 〈◊〉 in the wilderness He clave the rock and the waters came Can ●e 〈◊〉 bread also Psal 78. 19 20 41. O the unreasonableness of Unbel●●●● Certainly he that could turn the Rock into Water could if he plea●● turn it into Bread Is not this your Case As if you should 〈◊〉 He can pardon others but can he pardon me Can he over 〈◊〉 all my Sins This is to limit the Grace of Christ 3. You dishonour the Grace of God His Wisdom As if th● might a better way been found out His Love As if htere 〈◊〉 not enough for you His Power As if he was not able to pass 〈◊〉 so many Offences His Truth And so make him a Lyar. 〈◊〉 to deny him to be a God For if he be God he is Truth yea 〈◊〉 it self Abraham honoured him herein Rom. 4. 20. He 〈◊〉 not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith 〈◊〉 ving glory to God O it is a clear case it is your unbelief be 〈◊〉 of it 4. You displease God by your unbelief Luther lay under 〈◊〉 for a time but when he was lead to this that nothing was 〈◊〉 pleasing to God then to believe in his Son the Work was easie to 〈◊〉 Ah Soul thou dost not think how pleasing it is Thou can'st 〈◊〉 please God better then by believing in Jesus 5. You grieve Christ and his Spirit Psal 95. 10 11. 〈◊〉 years was I grieved with this generation and sware they should not 〈◊〉 into my rest Who were they that he was so grieved with 〈◊〉 may see if you compare it with Hebr. 3. 17 18 19. They 〈◊〉 those that believed not 6. You provoke God A Man is provoked when we will 〈◊〉 believe him Psal 95. 8. Harden not your hearts as in the 〈◊〉 What was the Provocation Psal 78. 22. Because they 〈◊〉 in God and trusted not in his salvation Therefore the Lord was 〈◊〉 a fire was kindl●d against Jacob and anger came up against Israel 〈◊〉 sweet Soul dread this unbelief 7. You lose all the sweet Sights and Tasts of Christ and Grace I shall say to thee as Christ to Martha John 11. 40. If thou wouldest believe thou shouldest see the glory of God O the glorious Grace and Love you should see You should see Christ glorious in pardoning Love comforting Love saving Love Doubting Soul here is an open Door And wilt thou not enter O venture venture upon Christ As Esther 4. 16. If I perish I perish As the Lepers at the Gate of Samaria 2 Kings 7. 3 4. If they went into the City they died if they stayed there they died The Syrians were their Enemies they might expect death from them but being in this dilemma they ventur'd and had good Success Soul this is just thy case If thou stay in thy Sins thou dyest thou may'st look upon Christ as thine Enemy He may justly curse thee damn thee but thou must be damned if thou goest not to him Thou canst but perish therefore venture on him Go and believe and thou shalt certainly have good Success Never any perished in this way Believe and you exalt the Grace of Christ Christ is exalted Acts 5. 31. Grace is exalted Isa 30. 18. Are your Sins as great as the Mountains Are there Mountains of vileness and unworthiness in the way Grace is exalted above them all What is the great Mountain before Zerubbabel It shall be made a Plain and thou shall at last cry Grace Grace Zech. 4. 7. Use 5. 1. Consolat To all Believers both weak and strong O blessed are ye of the Lord ye are partakers of this matchless unparallel Love Christ loves you with a surpassing Love A Love that cannot be express'd a Love that cannot be comprehended We cannot express the Love that ye are loved with neither can ye conceive it Ye are loved even as Christ is John 17. 23. with a great with an infinite with an everlasting Love Eye hath not seen nor ear heard nor heart conceived the things which God hath prepared for you 1 Cor. 2. 9. For Direction hearken to these Counsels 1. Admire this Love as Paul here doth Indeed you cannot sufficiently admire but be admiring Cry out as the Apostle Oh the depth of the riches of the wisdom and goodness of God! How unsearchable are his ways and past finding out Rom. 11. 33. O the height and depth and length and breadth of this Love of Christ Ephes 3. 18. Call in the Help of all the Beloved of Christ Help me all my Fellow-Disciples help me all ye Friends of the Bridegroom Join in this Choir all ye Angels and Archangels O magnifie the Lord with me and let us exalt his Nametogether 2. Labour to return Love for Love Doth Christ love you O d● you love him Are you dear to Christ O let Christ be dear to you● Say as the Spouse Cant. 5. 16. This is my beloved this is my friend Love him with a Love of desire Love him with a Love of 〈◊〉 light Love him with a Love of admiration Love him with 〈◊〉 Love of Satisfaction Love him with the Love of Adhaesion 〈◊〉 you cannot say you are sick of Love be sick that you can 〈◊〉 him no more 3. Take heed O take heed of abusing this Love What a 〈◊〉 thing will it be to abuse this Love Is this thy Kindness to 〈◊〉 Friend may Christ say Quest When do we abuse this Love Answ 1. When we indulge our selves in Sin Every Beloved 〈◊〉 Christ should say as Joseph Gen. 39. 9. How shall I do this great wi●●edness and sin against Christ 2. When we grow remiss in Duty 2 Cor. 5. 14 15. O 〈◊〉 Love of Christ should constrain to be more humble holy activ● diligent careful to please fearful to offend live at a higher 〈◊〉 for Heaven 3. When we doubt and question his Love Give way to 〈◊〉 giving Thoughts the Unbelievings of our own Hearts Christ 〈◊〉 needs take this very ill at our Hands when he hath given 〈◊〉 demonstrations of his Love that greater cannot be given John 〈◊〉 13. Rom. 5. 8. Herein God commended his Love as if a great 〈◊〉 Testimony could not be given Walk answerably to this Love Oh how should a People so 〈◊〉 loved walk How earnestly doth the Apostle press this Ephes 4. 〈◊〉 He beseeches them to walk worthy So Colos 1. 10. That ye may 〈◊〉 worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing Believers Be ye Humble 〈◊〉 Heavenly Spiritual Zealous of Good Works Tit. 2. 14. Be Zeal 〈◊〉 for Christ's Honour Zealous for his Glory Lovers can never 〈◊〉 they do enough for one another are tender of one another 〈◊〉 tender of Christ's Name and Interest study his Love endeav●●● to exalt his Name his Love his Honour and Glory Oh 〈◊〉 manner of Persons ought ye to be in all holy Conversation and ●●●liness 2 Pet. 3. 11. Make this the Care and Business of your 〈◊〉 love Christ live Christ glorifie Christ And when Christ who 〈◊〉 your Life shall appear then shall ye also appear with him in Glo●● FINIS

and to be with Christ Moriar Domine ut te videam nolo vivere volo mori August Let me die Lord that I may see thee I will not live I will die Make haste my Beloved and be like to a roe or hart on the mountains of spices Cant. 8. ult Come Lord Jesus Come quickly Note Because I would not discourage the weakest Believer You may take notice That Love may be consider'd in the spark or in the flame and that this last Particular speaks Love rather in the flame 5. A true Lover of Christ thinks nothing too much to doe nothing too much to suffer for Christ 1. Nothing too much to doe for Christ Lovers think they can never doe too much for one another Gen. 29. 20. Jacob served seven Years for Rachel and they seemed but as a few Days for the Love he had to her A Beloved of Christ thinks he can never Pray too much Hear too much Doe too much in the Work of Christ Is it not otherwise with thee Thou think'st thou can'st never doe too much for the World Is not this thy Character we read of Eccles 4. 8 There is no end of all his labours for the World Plowing Sowing Riding Running Carking Caring for the World early and late thou never thinkest this too much but thou takest little Pains for Christ If one hour will not serve for the World thou wilt rise sooner But I appeal to thy own Heart when did'st thou an hour the earlier for Prayer to cry to God for a Christ Thou art soon weary of these and thinkest it more adoe than needs This speaks little Love to Christ 2. Nothing too much to suffer for Christ 1. He thinks not too much to suffer Reproaches for Christ Heb. 11. 26. He accounts them his Riches Glory 1 Pet. 4. 14. He thinks not too much to suffer Losses for Christ loss of Goods of Good Name Heb. 10. ●4 He believes he shall be no Loser by it Mat. 19. 29. He hath this Principle rooted in his Heart That he may lose much for Christ but shall never lose by Christ 3. He thinks it not too much to suffer Death for Christ Rev. 12. 11. They loved not their Lives unto the death Act. 21. 13. 6. A true Lover of Christ is exceedingly cast-down at the withdrawings of Christ and solaced with the returns of Christ 1. He is exceedingly cast-down at the withdrawings of Christ All his Peace and Comfort is gone when Christ is gone The Spouse lost Christ He withdrew himself And how was it with her Her Soul failed she was as swooning dying As Jacob's life was bound up in the Lad's life so is a Believer's life and all the comforts of it in Christ He saith as Absolon when shut out from his Father's Presence Let me die if I may not see his face so saith the Beloved of Christ And I have heard some Souls crying out most hideously under Divine Withdrawings Oh I cannot bear these Withdrawings I cannot live without God's Presence I had rather die a thousand Deaths than be in this Condition Woe Woe Woe is me I sojourn in Mesech and dwell in the Tents of Kedar Thou Soul that knowest not what these things mean can'st read these in thine Heart whatever thy Doubtings and Mis-givings of Heart may be about thy love to Christ thou may'st look upon them as Evidences of it let not Satan rob thee of thy peace and comfort be not faithless but believing and believing rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory But if thou that readest these lines art one that can endure distance from God you cannot bear distance from Friends and those you love but it is a great disquiet to you but you can be without God and it never troubles you let not Satan gull thee nor thy Heart deceive thee for I tell thee from the Lord That thou hast not the least spark of Saving Love to Christ 2. He is exceedingly revived rejoyced at the returns of Christ He saith as Mephibosheth Let him take all since my Lord is come back Let Worldlings take the World so I may have Christ Let Profane Ones take their Lusts so I may love Christ let Voluptuous Ones take their Pleasures so I may have Christ let Ambitious Ones take their Honours so I may have Christ I have enough The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places yea I have a goodly heritage Psal 16. 5 6. Return to thy rest O my soul for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee Psal 116. 6 7. Use 4. What Encouragement is here for poor awakened Soul●● that are distressed for a Christ Oh here is a Jesus full of love matchless love away to him He is all love to coming Souls he is all wrath to Unbelievers to Sinners that stand it out against him he saith Those mine Enemies that will not come bring hither and 〈◊〉 before me But he is all love to coming souls he stands with open Arms ready to receive them his Heart is full of love Hands full of love Come poor Sinners here is my Blood my Love my Purchases my Benefits all for thee away with all your doubts and fears do not dispute your selves out of Christ Obj. Oh but I am vile so vile I dare not come Ans What if thou art never so vile if Christ hath love enough to swallow up all thy vileness then this need not hinder thy coming to Christ his love is infinite boundless bottomless thy sin is but the sin of a finite Creature his love is the love of an Infinite God Jer. 3. 12 13 14. Go and proclaim these words and say Return thou backsliding Israel saith the Lord and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon thee for I am merciful saith the Lord. God gives Commission to his Ministers to go and proclaim That if Sinners will come to him they shall have Mercy Soul this I have commission from the Lord to tell thee That if thou wilt come in to the Lord thou shalt have Mercy the Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Obj. Oh but I am a great Sinner If I were not so great a Sinner I could hope Ans What if thy sins are never so great if the love of Christ be greater Isa 1. 18. Come saith the Lord and though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wool As if he had said Let your Sins be never so great of never such a Crimson dye yet if you will but come you shall have Mercy Though thy sins have weaken'd the Law and made that unable to save thee yet it hath not weaken'd Christ Rom. 8. 3. Christ came to doe that which the Law could not doe Heb. ● 25. 26 That Text tells you That he is able to the uttermost to save those that come Christ is able to the uttermost of your sins to the uttermost of your doubts and fears neither quantity nor