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yea_o have_v have_v the_o hatred_n of_o my_o heart_n fix_v upon_o thou_o and_o love_n never_o bend_v towards_o thou_o but_o forasmuch_o as_o thou_o be_v please_v to_o this_o day_n to_o follow_v i_o with_o thy_o call_n of_o mercy_n with_o the_o entreaty_n of_o thy_o grace_n and_o still_o the_o voice_n of_o love_n be_v sound_v in_o my_o ear_n and_o thou_o say_v to_o i_o if_o thou_o will_v love_v i_o i_o will_v pardon_v thou_o if_o thou_o at_o last_o will_v give_v i_o thy_o heart_n i_o will_v be_v thy_o saviour_n it_o be_v long_o that_o i_o have_v wait_v but_o if_o now_o thou_o will_v hearken_v and_o consent_v all_o shall_v be_v thy_o own_o my_o righteousness_n shall_v be_v thou_o my_o merit_n shall_v be_v thou_o my_o spirit_n shall_v be_v thou_o and_o heaven_n shall_v be_v thou_o o_o bless_a lord_n i_o can_v withstand_v this_o plead_a love_n i_o can_v no_o long_o gainsay_v this_o expostulate_v grace_n i_o have_v but_o now_o i_o can_v i_o have_v but_o now_o i_o will_v not_o thou_o say_v that_o thou_o will_v yet_o be_v i_o and_o the_o blessing_n of_o the_o covenant_n may_v yet_o be_v i_o and_o heaven_n itself_o may_v yet_o be_v i_o dear_a lord_n thou_o have_v win_v my_o heart_n thou_o have_v get_v my_o love_n and_z lo_o i_o give_v it_o all_o to_o thou_o i_o place_v it_o all_o upon_o thou_o sect_n vi_o the_o five_o requisite_a of_o love_n to_o christ_n five_o this_o love_n to_o christ_n include_v high_a valuation_n of_o he_o great_a estimation_n which_o be_v appretiate_a love_n for_o can_v we_o love_v he_o and_o not_o prize_v he_o or_o can_v we_o love_v he_o most_o and_o not_o prize_v he_o most_o or_o do_v you_o use_v to_o despise_v
degree_n of_o love_n may_v be_v consider_v in_o a_o twofold_a respect_n 1._o in_o respect_n of_o other_o lover_n of_o christ_n of_o which_o one_o may_v have_v degree_n of_o love_n that_o be_v sincere_a more_o and_o above_o what_o another_o man_n may_v have_v who_o love_n be_v yet_o sincere_a and_o of_o this_o more_o or_o degree_n of_o love_n be_v christ_n question_n to_o peter_n to_o be_v understand_v john_n 21.15_o simon_n son_n of_o ionas_n love_v thou_o i_o more_o than_o these_o viz._n other_o disciple_n love_v i_o where_o the_o comparative_a more_n respect_v these_o as_o other_o agent_n in_o love_n or_o lover_n and_o therefore_o peter_n answer_v in_o the_o positive_a i_o love_v thou_o not_o in_o the_o comparative_a more_o than_o they_o all_o do_v love_v thou_o but_o the_o comparative_a more_o do_v not_o respect_v these_o as_o the_o object_n of_o peter_n love_n as_o if_o christ_n have_v ask_v love_v thou_o i_o more_o than_o thou_o love_v these_o to_o which_o doubtless_o peter_n can_v have_v ready_o reply_v yea_o lord_n i_o love_v thou_o more_o than_o i_o love_v these_o or_o all_o man_n or_o thing_n in_o this_o world_n and_o in_o this_o sense_n god_n do_v not_o damn_v any_o for_o want_n of_o more_o degree_n of_o love_n or_o other_o grace_n 2._o degree_n of_o love_n may_v be_v consider_v in_o respect_n of_o the_o thing_n love_v or_o the_o object_n of_o our_o love_n that_o the_o word_n more_o mean_n do_v you_o love_v christ_n more_o than_o the_o world_n sin_n self_n or_o do_v you_o love_v these_o more_o than_o christ_n and_o then_o i_o say_v this_o doctrine_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v offensive_a that_o i_o judge_v it_o be_v of_o great_a concernment_n and_o necessary_a for_o every_o man_n that_o have_v a_o soul_n that_o must_v be_v damn_v or_o save_v to_o know_v and_o understand_v for_o i_o do_v not_o fear_v to_o say_v for_o want_v of_o these_o degree_n of_o love_n whereby_o a_o man_n love_n be_v less_o to_o christ_n than_o to_o the_o world_n and_o sin_n and_o 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39_o he_o that_o find_v his_o life_n shall_v lose_v it_o and_o he_o that_o lose_v his_o life_n for_o my_o sake_n shall_v find_v it_o and_o all_o the_o love_n to_o all_o inferior_a thing_n in_o comparison_n of_o the_o degree_n of_o love_n we_o shall_v have_v to_o christ_n more_o than_o unto_o these_o be_v rather_o hatred_n than_o love_n luke_n 14.26_o if_o any_o man_n come_v to_o i_o and_o hate_v not_o his_o father_n and_o mother_n and_o wife_n and_o child_n and_o brethren_n and_o sister_n yea_o and_o his_o own_o life_n also_o he_o can_v be_v my_o disciple_n what_o interpretation_n can_v these_o word_n bear_v this_o that_o no_o real_a disciple_n of_o christ_n may_v or_o aught_o to_o have_v true_a love_n to_o father_n or_o mother_n brother_n or_o sister_n wife_n and_o child_n or_o to_o his_o own_o life_n absurd_a and_o irreligious_a sense_n be_v contrary_a to_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o christ_n constant_a doctrine_n in_o his_o word_n what_o then_o this_o that_o a_o true_a 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