3. Fears, 1 S. Joh. iv. 18. 4. Sins, Ephef. v. 27. 5. Temptations, 1 S. Pet. v. 8. 2. In our Company. 1. Saints, Hebr. xii. 23. 2. Angels, Hebr. xii. 22. 3. GOD. 1. The Father. 2. The Son, S. Joh. xvii. 24. 3. In our Employments. 1. Perfect ferving GOD. 2. Praising Him, Rev. iv. 10, 11. and vii. 12. 4. In our Privileges. 1. To be admitted into GOD's Prefence. 2. To behold His Glory, 1 Cor. xiii. 12. 3. To have whatfoever we fhall defire. 5. In our Enjoyments. 1. The Perfection of Soul and Body, Phil. 3. All Pleasures that our Natures are ca- 1. Universally for every Faculty of the Soul, and Member of the Body. 2. Satisfying to all, Pfal. xvi. 11. and xvii. 15. 3. Continually. 4. Certainly fo, as not only to have them, but to be fure of them. 5. Eternally, S. Matt. xxv. 46. USE. USE. 1. Labour to know what to do. 2. Endeavour to do what ye know, particularly, receive the Sacrament. 1. You know it to be your Duty, S. Luk. xxii. 19. 2. It is the principal Character of a Chriftian. 3. It is the Seal of the Covenant of Grace, 4. The Means of the Increase of Faith. MEANS. 1. Meditate before upon, 1. What Chrift hath done and fuffer'd for you. 2. What Need you have of Him, 1 Cor.xi. 28. 3. What Benefits you enjoy by Him, 1 Cor. i.30. 2. Come with large Expectations from Him, S. Mart. xi. 29. 3. Compofe yourselves into an heavenly Frame, acting by Faith, and not by Sight. S. JOн. S. JOH. xiii. 34. A new Commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. I. WHY is this call'd a New Command? 1. Negatively. Not as if it was not enjoin'd before, 1 S. Jah, ii. 7. 2 S. Joh. 5. Levit. xix. 18. 2. Pofitively; because, I. 1. Newly freed from the falfe Gloffes of the Jews, S. Matt. V. 43, 44. 2. Newly infufed into the Heart, as well as commanded. 3. Chrift adds a new Authority to it, and a new Obligation on us. 4. 5. Because it is fo Excellent, Pfal. xxxiii. 3. II. By what Power doth Chrift lay His Commands on us? 1. As GOD, S. Joh. xx. 28. 2. As King and Head of the Church, S. Matt. xxviii. 18. III. What Love is it we fhould have to one another? 1. Pray for one another, 1 Tim. iì. 1. 1. In Spirituals, Leu. xix. 17. 2. Ia Temporals, S. Matt. vii. 1 1. 4. Sympa 4. Sympathizing with one another. 5. Relieve one another's Neceffities. 1. In Obedience to GOD, 1 S. Joh. iii. 17. 2. Proportionably to our Eftates, 1 Cor. xvi. 2. 3. Humbly, not thinking to merit thereby, S. Luk. xvii. 10. IV. How is Chrift's Love to us to be a Pattern of our Love? 1. Negatively. 1. Not that we can fuffer fo much for others, as He hath for us. 2. Nor do fo much; for He hath obtained, 1. The Pardon of our Sins, 1 S. Joh. ii. 2. 2. Peace with GOD, Rom. V. I. 3. Preparing Manfions for us in Heaven, S. Joh. xiv. 2. 2. Pofitively. 1. Our Love must proceed from the fame Principles. 1. Obedience, 2. Compaffion. 2. In the fame Manner. 1. Readily, Tit. iii. 1. Pfal. xl. 7, 8. 3. Effectually, in Deeds as well as Words, 4. Humbly, thinking nothing too low for us to do for others, Phil. ii. 6,7,8. Confider, 1. Chrift came down from Heaven, S. Joh. vi. 38. 2. Affumed the humane Nature, not the angelical, Hebr. ii. 16. 3. Submit 3. Submitted His humane Nature to His own Laws. 4. Suffered His Own Creatures to abuse Him, S. Joh. i. 10, II. 5. Died. 6. Nay, upon the Crofs, Phil. ii. 8. Gal. iii. 13. 7. And all for Man's fake, Ifa. liii. 6. 5. Conftantly, S. Joh. xiii. 1. 3. To the fame Objects, His Enemies, Rom. v. 8, 10. 4. To the fame Ends. 1. GOD's Glory, S. Joh. xvii. 4. 1 Cor. xvi. 31. 2. Others Good, A. x, 38. USE. Love one another. Confider, 1. You cannot express your Love to others, fo as Chrift hath to you. 2. Unless you love others, you have no Love for GOD, I S. Joh. iii. 17. 3. It is look'd on as the fulfilling of all the Law, Rom. xiii. 9. 4. No Duty is accepted without it, 1 Cor. xiii. 1, 2, 3. 5. Love is the Badge of a Christian, S. Joh. xiii. 35. 6. An everlasting Grace, I Cor. xiii. 8, 13. 7. Chrift will judge us according to this Command, S. Matt. XXV. 45. S. Jo H. |
