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CHAP. XV.
Sect. 1.
I Come now to shew, How we are to love one another. The manner of our mutual-Love, the Scripture sets down by two expres∣sions:
- 1. As thy self.
- 2. As Christ loved us.
1. In the first place, Thou must love thy Neighbour, as thy self.
1. Who is there, that wisheth not all the good that may be to himself? Doth any sober man wish any harm to himself? So must thou heartily desire the good of others. Thus Mo∣ses wished, That all the Lords people were Pro∣phets; he wished every man like unto him∣self. So St. Paul desireth from his heart, That all Israel might be saved. Rom. 10.1.
2. Who is not affected with his own Mise∣ries and Afflictions? So must thou; when thou seest others in Misery, Thou must weep with them that weep, and make their Losses and Mi∣series to become thine own.
3. Who doth not pray heartily for himself,