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Wherefore the Precept, Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soule, with all thy strength, doth not commaund an intire imploy∣ment [ B] of all our powers on God, with all our vttermost forces; nor that we neuer loue, nor desire, nor thinke of any thing besides him; nor that all our thoughts and affections be wholly, intirely, and perpetually on him: For this were a thing impossible, and God doth not require of vs things vnpossible, as Scriptures and Fathers teach. This Precept therefore commaunds a quadruple integritie of diuine loue.
The first Integritie is in respect of our selues, that we [ C] loue God wholly and intirely, not onely with the outside, but with the inside, euen to the bottome of our soule, that is in a word, sinceerely.
The second Jntegritie is in respect of God, that we loue God according to all his Commandements, not leauing any unkept; and so to loue God intirely, or with all the heart, is the same as to walke in all his Commaundents.
The third Jntegritie, is in regard of the effect of Loue, [ D] which is to ioine men in friendship with God, whom wee must so loue, that there be no breach betweene God and vs, nor we seperated from him; which we do so long as we keepe his Commaundements without 〈◊〉〈◊〉 mortally against them.
The fourth Jntegritie is, in respect of time, that we loue him intirely, not only for this present life, but also desiring and hoping to see and loue him for eternitie. [ E]