Selected quad for the lemma: love_n
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A67484
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A still and soft voice from the scripture vvitnessing them to be the vvord of God.
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Walwyn, William, 1600-1681.
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1647
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Wing W692; ESTC R38023
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the Name or let your practice demonstrate that you are Christian Hee who greedily receiveth a hard report of his neighbour is not provided of charitable and loving thoughts as he ought and if he report any evill before he be certaine of the truth thereof hee is a sladerer and when hee is certaine it is true he report it with delight it argues him of malice He who is glad of his neighbours defamation would not be sory at his ruine a slanderer would be a murderer but for feare and therefore every honest vertuous religious man should shun a slanderer as he would shun a Serpent And thus having said enough to free my self from this slander if religious people will but study ingenuity which hath Been too much wanting amongst them the whole course of my actions writings and discourses evidencing the contrary to all that throughly know me and this my profession being added to satisfie those that know me but by hearsay I have done judging it a small thing to be judged of any or of mans judgement Whoart thou that judgest another mans servant t o his owne master hee standeth or falleth The liberty of my native Country and the freedome of all consciencious people hath been and still is pretious in my esteeme nor shall I be discouraged by any the unworthy slanders cast upon me from a just and due prosecution of both according to my place and calling I shall make bold to deceive the deceiver and his instruments therein I should be glad to see the Educated and customary moral Christians become Christians indeed and cease to persecute I should exceedingly rejoyce to see the superstirious become really religious and to see babes become strong men in Christ and all bend their endevours to deliver the captive and set the oppressed free to reclaime the vicious and to labour the saving of the lost sheep of the house of England To see Charity abound and all envy malice and worldly mindednesse to cease for ever and not to be named amongst us as becommeth Saints indeed to see all men ingenious loving friendly and tender-hearted one towards another but I must neither be silent nor slothfull till I see it nor sorow as one without out hope of seeing it but through evill report and good report do my duty patiently expecting a good issue laboring in all estates to be content knowing there is no temptation hath taken hold upon others but may befall unto me In the mean time knowing all terrestriall things to be but vain and transitory my chiefest comfort is that I desire to know Nothing save Jesus Christ and him crucified accounting all things as losse and dung that I may be found in Christ not having my own righteousnesse which is of the Law but the righteousnesse which is of God in him I have no quarrell to any man either for unbeleefe or misbeleefe because I judge no man beleeveth any thing but what he cannot choose but beleeve it is misery enough to want the comfort of true beleeving and I judge the most convincing argument that any man can hold forth unto another to prove himselfe a true sincere beleever is to practise to the uttermost that which his faith binds him unto more of the deeds of Christians and fewer of the arguments would doe a great deale more good to the establishing of those that stagger It being not the leaves but the fruit that nourisheth and carrieth the seed with it Shew me thy faith by thy workes If I have all faith and have not love I am as sounding brasse or as a tinckling cymball if faith worke it workes by love Let us all therefore hence-forth walk in love even as Christ hath loved and hath given himselfe an offering and a sacrifice for us to whom bee glory and dominion for ever Amen By WILLIAM WALWYN Merchant there being a Minister of the same name FINIS