Reas. 1. It is the nature of God, and by this means thou partakest of the D••vine Nature, Rom. 5.5.
2. Love is a fruit of faith, by which we receive Christ, Gal. 5.6.
Ʋse 1. This condemns such of deep prodigality as suffer love to de∣cay; so much you lose of your love to your brethren, so much you lose of your love to God, and so much you lose of the evidence of your inheritance.
2. Preserve your love to your brethren, and you preserve your inheritance; your brotherly love is a pledge of your inheritance.
3. Of comfort to such souls, as abound in their love to their brethren; so much love, so much grace, so much hope of an everlasting inheritance: if your love decays, your faith and hope of salvation decays.
Obj. But a little thing frets my soul, and I am not so soon healed being fret∣ted;