...of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever*. 2. If you love Christ, you love his people. Every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him\. In the nature of things it cannot be otherwise. The people of Christ are his representatives on i-...

...Father, and therefore they love his children also. Hear what the same apostle saith, '1 John v. 1. "Every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." Others, who are not children of God, will either make no difference between persons, or will even hate,...

...their sanctity or holiness ; then we love God in them, and so may conclude, we are born of God : For, " Every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also...of him," 1 John v. 1 . Hypocrites may love saints, on account of a civil relation to them ; br cause of their obliging conversation ; for their being...

...bathed in heaven hangs impending. If God were thy father, thou wouldest love them that love him: " Every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him," 1 John v. 1. But, instead of this, thou hast cavilled against the testimony of all them who spake as they were moved...

...the wicked, nor condemn the just. It influences a man to love God, and to love those that love him. " Every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." It is this spirit of wisdom that makes a man a freeborn citizen of Zion; and the character of such...

...all who are not " born of God." " Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is " born of God ; and every one that loveth him that " begat, loveth him also, that is begotten of him."1 Nowj if every true believer in Christ has been born of God ; and if none, as adults, are properly...

...desire that in all things God may be glorified, though it were by my dishonour and loss ? r vice ? ** He that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." 6. Do I choose rather to be the proverb and reproach of all the ungodly among whom I dwell, than to...

...may conclude, we are born of God : For, " Every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also tlrat is begotten of him," 1 John v. 1. Hypocrites may love saints, on account of a civil relation to them ; because of their obliging conversation ; for their being of...

...love of God in his heart, which attracts his affections both to God and to the child of God. " He who loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him :" love to God and our neighbour are the two grand hinges on which hangs the ministry of all the law...

...their sanctity or holiness t then we love God in them, and so may conclude we are born of God, for "every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him," I John v. I. hypocrites may love saints, on account of a civil relation to them ; because of their...