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to set t example in loving all men, | to set t example in loving all men, | ||
as he loves hims. & this is t rule | as he loves hims. & this is t rule | ||
wh. is t law & t ppts. | wh. is t law & t ppts. Nothing else | ||
is X But again let it be noticed that for a | |||
christian to love all men as he loves hims. does | |||
not guide him to | |||
love all men in all respects alike for | |||
instance: It does not guide him to take | |||
delight & complacency in those who | |||
appear to be enemies to G. he cannot love their | |||
unholy life & conversation. He cannot love | |||
their disposion who in continually using agt |
Latest revision as of 18:56, 24 March 2020
it is their duty to love t brethren of wh. he is one, this is a motive wh. almost infinitely ought to exceed his own private happiness, although his private happiness might be one motive. Another motive why t. christian disires t love of all men, is that all men might be happy in unclear t. excellency of religion t unclear of wh. would consist in their loving him aught. Moties of this kind might be multiplied without end: they help in t take up t idea how it becomes t christians duty & nateral for him to desire t. right kind of love of all men & as he decides this he is to set t example in loving all men, as he loves hims. & this is t rule wh. is t law & t ppts. Nothing else is X But again let it be noticed that for a christian to love all men as he loves hims. does not guide him to love all men in all respects alike for instance: It does not guide him to take delight & complacency in those who appear to be enemies to G. he cannot love their unholy life & conversation. He cannot love their disposion who in continually using agt