Wednesday, September 06, 2006

The Love of God

But the Lord is never wanting unto His in their greatest needs; let his holy name have all the praise. (1)For glory doth from God proceed; (2) Come, behold the works of the Lord, what dissolations he has made in the Earth. (3) For the full and certain knowledge of these truths concerning the nature, use, and excellency of this grace, that which the holy ghost hath left recorded, I Cor. 13, may give full satisfaction, which is needful for every true member of this lovely body of the Lord Jesus, to work upon their hearts by prayer, meditation, continual exercise at least of the special [influence] of this grace, till Christ be formed in them and they in him, all in each other, knit together by the bond of this love. (4) Let them therefore praise the Lord, because He is good: and His mercies endure forever. Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, shew hwo He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. (5) The definition which the Scripture gives us of love is this: "Love is the bond of perfection." (6) Secondly, the former propounds one man to another, as the same flesh and image of God. (7)

(1) William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

(2) Anne Bradstreet, The Flesh and the Spirit

(3)
Mary Rowlandson, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

(4) John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity

(5) William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation

(6) and (7) John Winthrop, A Model of Christian Charity

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