SECT. VII.
Seventhly, THE Seventh thing is to shew, why true Christi∣ans do Love Christ, whom they have never seen.
Rea. 1. True Christians do love Christ be∣cause of the Need which they have of him. Men do love their Necessary Food, with∣out which their Bodies would starve with Hunger: Men do love their Necessary Raiment and Habitations, without which in Winter Seasons their Bodies would starve with Cold. Men do love their Ne∣cessary Friends, upon whom (under God) they have their Dependance, and from whom they have all their Subsistence: But no Thing in the World, or Friend in the World, is so Needful to the Body, as the Lord Jesus Christ is unto the Soul: and as the Excellencies of the Soul, are far beyond the Excellencies of the Body; so the Necessities of the Soul, are far beyond the Necessities of the Body: which Ne∣cessities can be answered by none but Jesus Christ; and therefore True Christians do