The book of nature translated and epitomiz'd. By George Sikes.

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Title: The book of nature translated and epitomiz'd. By George Sikes.
Author: Sikes, George.
Publication: [London :: s.n.],; Printed in the yeer 1667.
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Subject terms: Christian life -- Early works to 1800.; Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
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SECT. IV.

The different fruits of these two hatreds.

LOve has the primacy of hatred. For hatred arises from love. From the love of God, and of all things in conjunction with him and his will, does necessarily arise the hatred of self, and of all things in combination with our own, private, selfish will. In like manner, does the hatred of God and of all things in conjunction with his will, arise from the love of self and its interests. If the love of God be good, holy, most orderly and just, according to the law of nature; then is the hatred of God most wicked, disorderly unjust, and contrary to the law of nature. In like man∣ner, if the hatred of our own will be good, order∣ly, just, and according to the law of nature; then

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is the love of it wicked, disorderly, unjust, and contrary to the law of nature. The good hatred of self, arises from the good love of God: the evil hatred of God, arises from the evil love of self. The fruits, above-specified, that arise from a good love, arise secondarily from a good ha∣tred, which alway's followeth such a love: and the fruits that naturally flow from an evil love, the love of self, do flow secondarily from an evil ha∣tred, the hatred of God. So much of love and hatred.