and that no beloved is like to the Beloved
of true Christians: therefore it is that true
Christians do love Christ, because of his
loveliness.Rea. 3. True Christians do love Christ,
because of His love. His love which he
doth bear to them. He loves them with a
First love, and with a Free love; He loves
them with a tender and compassionate love,
with an active or doing love, with a passive
or suffering love: His love is Infinite with∣out
Bounds or Limits; it is Superlative
without comparison; Transcendent beyond
comprehension; Everlasting without
change, and which will have no end or
conclusion. He lov'd them when they
were polluted in their sins, and washt
them with his own blood; he loved them
when they were Naked in their Souls,
and clothed them with the Robes of his
Righteousness; He loves them in their
sickness and sorrows, and is their Com∣forter;
He loves them in their wants and
Straits, and is their Benefactor, He loves
them in Life, and is the Life of their Souls;
He loves them at Death, and is the Stay
of their Hearts; And he loves them after
Death, and will be their Portion for ever.
There is great Reason that true Christians
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