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i 2. Seme Signs and Notes for the Tiiol ef them.
\ 1. FOr the Love of God that is neceffarily re¬
quired of every Communicant, becaufe the gretit-
efl; Evidence that ever was given of God’s Lovej is
there fet before us. For Jefus Chrift the only Son
i of God, and Saviour of Man, is the greatefl Evi-
ijdence of'God’sLove that ever was,cr can be.Should
t God fet himfelf to make another World»and to con¬
fer on that World a greater Gift than he hath
|conferredon this World; nrmely, kisonlyhegot-
\ten and dearly ieloved Son, we may boldly fay,
^heceuld not. Neither can the Creature receive,
nor the Creator give a gt eater Gift 5 and that both
lin regard of the Excellency of the Gift itfelf, and
alfo in regard of the Need wherein we flood there¬
of,and of the Good we reap thereby. Thereby
God’s Love in this Evidence thereof, is fo fet#ut
as goeth beyond all Expreflion, ^fokn 3. 16. God
fo loved tht World, that be gave his only legotten
Son, &.c, fo unutttrolly, fo uncenceivahly, ft in¬
finitely, as who fhall endeavour to exprefs this fo
to the full, fhall do it fo, fo. Seeing then fuch an
Evidence of fuch Love of God to Man is fet out
at the Lord’s Table, fhould not every onewh» j
approacheth thereunto, to partake of that Evi¬
dence; come with an Heart filled with,a"Love to
God, and with a Refolutioc to fhew forth all ]
Fruits of a true Love to God on all Occaflons. u 1
I' And aswe mujlcome vith aLcve to Cod fo ' |
•with a Love to Jefus Child, who fo loved' , as 1
to die a cruel, curfrd Death for us, and thereby j
manifefled greater Love to uS than to himfelf j. to
the Members of hit Myflical Bcdy, than to the
Members of hi* natural Body} for he offered up
his natural Body as a Sacrifice for the Retftrrptt-
|,grt of bis myflical Body.W hat greater Lett than 1