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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64995	The true Christians love of the unseen Christ, or, A discourse chiefly tending to excite and promote the decaying love of Christ in the hearts of Christians with an appendix concerning Christs manifestation of himself to them that love him / by Thomas Vincent.	Vincent, Thomas, 1634-1678.	1677 (1677)	Wing V447; ESTC R235433	94,936	230

lost and that it was Christ only that could save them they felt the Wounds of Conscience and it was Christ only that could Heal them they feared the Wrath of a Sin-revenging God and it was Christ only that could Deliver them The Remission Reconciliation and Salvation which they had by Christ did lay the first Foundation of a most endeared love unto Christ And st●ll they perceive a continual need of Christ to procure daily pardon for them and to convey dayly supplyes of Grace unto them They have Need of Christ when they are Dark to Enlighten them when they are Dead to Quicken them when they are Streightned to Enlarge them when they are Weak to Strengthen them when they are Sad to Comfort them when they are Tempted to Succour them when they are Fallen to Raise them when they are in Doubts to Resolve them when they are under Fears to Encourage them when they Stagger to Establish them when they Wander to Restore them Christ and None but Christ can do all this and more than this for them and therefore because of the need and usefulness of Christ true Christians do love him Rea. 2 True Christians do love an unseen Christ because of the Loveliness of Christ which Loveliness though it be not and cannot here be seen by the Eye of the Body yet it is evident unto the Eye of Faith see the Description which is given of Christ the Beloved by his Spouse the Church Cant. 5. 9. The Daughters of Ierusalem there enquire of the love-sick Spouse What is thy Beloved more than another Beloved O thou fairest amongst Women what is thy Beloved more than another Beloved that thou dost so charge us Hereupon the Spouse giveth a Description ver 10. My Beloved is VVhite and Ruddy the cheifest among ten thousand and after she had set forth his Graces Beauties and Excellent Accomplishments in Metaphors taken from beauties in the several parts of mans body in the 11 12 13 and 14 verses she concludeth in the 15 and 16 verses His Countenance is as Lebanon Excellent as the Cedars His Mouth is most sweet yea he is altogether Lovely This is my Beloved and this is my Friend O Daughters of Ierusalem The Spouse is here acknowledged to be the Fairest amongst Women and not only by the Daughters of Ierusalem but her Beloved who had a more curious eye doth both commend her loveliness and admire it ch 6. 4 5. Thou art beautiful O my Love as Tirzah comely as Ierusalem Turn away thine ●yes from me for they have overcome me and ver 10. VVho is this that looketh forth as the Morning fair as the Moon clear as the Sun and Terrible as an Army with Banners But what beauty is there then in the Beloved if the Church be beautiful beyond all other of the Children of men how beautiful is Jesus Christ from whom the Church doth derive all its comeliness He is said to be White and Ruddy that shews the beauty of his Face and his Countenance is said to be as Lebanon and like the lofty Cedars thereof that shews the Majesty of his Face His Mouth is said to be most Sweet and sweet it is indeed in regard of the Gracious words which proceed from it no Doctrine so sweet as Christ's Doctrine no Precepts so sweet as Christs Precepts no Promises so sweet as Christs Promises But to sum up all Excellencies and Perfections in a word he is said to be altogether Lovely there is no Person or Thing in the World that is most lovely which can properly be called altogether lovely Many defects may be found in the most amiable persons and much insufficiency may be found in the most desirable things but Christ is altogether lovely unlovely in no respect there being no Spot or Blemish no Defect or Imperfection to be found in him and he is lovely in every respect there is an incomparable and Transcendent amiableness in Christs person in every regard In the person of Christ the Humane Nature and the Divine Nature are in Conjunction he is most lovely in regard of both His Humane Nature is compounded of Body and Soul His Body is most Beautiful a most Glorious Beauty and lustre is put upon it whatever it were in his state of humiliation be sure it hath a Glorious Beauty now in his state of Exaltation It is called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Glorious Body Phil. 3. 21. If the Face of Moses did shine with resplendent Glory after his conversing Forty dayes with God in Mount Sinai which was Below how doth the Body of Christ shine which hath been above Sixteen hundred years in Mount Sion which is Above I am perswaded that Christs Body is the most Beautifull of all Visible Creatures But the Beauty of Christs Soul doth Excel No creature whatever hath such shining Excellencies as are in the Soul of Christ All the Excellencies that are or ever were in any creature are like a Feather laid in the Ballance with the exceeding weight of his Glorious Excellencies and Perfections Christ Excelled the most Excellent Men that ever lived as to Spiritual Endowments when he was here upon the Earth He Excelled Moses in Meekness Solomon in Wisdom Iob in Patience and how much doth he Excel now he is in Heaven He Excelleth not only the Spirits of just men made Perfect but also the most glorious and Holy Angels that never sinned If any creatures have Wisdom it is but a Beam Christ is the Sun If they have Goodness it is but a drop in Christ is the Ocean If they have Holiness it is but a Spark or dark shaddow Christ is the Brightness of his Fathers Glory If they have the Spirit they have it but In some measure the Spirit is given to Christ without Measure Ioh. 3. 34. Christ is most lovely in his Manhood so nearly united unto his Godhead and how lovely is he in his Godhead as God he is Equall in all Glorious Excellencies with the Father Christs Godhead implyeth Excellency of Being he calleth himself I am Ioh. 8. 28. Excellency of Glory therefore called the Lord of Glory 1 Cor. 2. 8. and King of Glory Psal. 24. 7. Lift up your heads O yee Gates and be ye lift up ye Everlasting Doors and the King of Glory shall come in This is Interpreted by some to be spoken of Christs Ascension and the Angels and Saints making way for his Triumphant Entrance and Possession of his Heavenly Pallace Many Descriptions are given in the new Testament of this lovely Person I shall mention only one Col. 1. 15 16 17 18 19. Who is the Image of the invisible God the First-born of every creature For by him were all things created that are in Heaven and that are in Earth Visible and Invisible whether they be Thrones or Dominions or Principalities or Powers all things were made by him and for him And he is before all things and by him all things consist And he is the Head of the