n mine? Since infinite wrongs hath not changed his,
shall poor, petty, and light offences hinder mine? That my love concenter
with God's on the same persons, is it not enough?

_Next_, That Jesus Christ, the only begotten of the Father, full of grace
and truth, who was the Father's delight from eternity, and in whom he
delighted, yet, not withstanding, could rejoice in the habitable places of
the earth, and so love poor wretched men, yet enemies, that he gave
himself for them, that God so loved that he gave his Son, and Christ so
loved that he gave himself a sacrifice for sin, both for me and others, O!
who should not or will not be constrained, in beholding this mirror of
incomparable and spotless love to love others? (1 John iv. 9, 10, 11.) "In
this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his
only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to
be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought
also to love one another." Eph. v. 2. "And walk in love, as Christ also
hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice
to God for a sweet smelling savour," especially when he seems to require
no other thing, and imposes no more grievous command upon us for
recompence of all his labour of love. John xiii. 34, 35. "A new
commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another, as I have loved
you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are
my disciples, if ye have love one to another." If all that was in me did
not alienate his love from me, how should any thing in others estrange our
love to them? If God be so kind to his enemies, and Christ so loving that
he gives his life for his enemies to make them friends, what should we do
to our enemies, what to our friends? This one example may make all created
love to blush and be ashamed. How narrow, how limited, how selfish is it!

_Thirdly_, If God hath forgiven me so many grievous offences, if he hath
pardoned so heinous and innumerable injuries, that amount to a kind of
infiniteness in number and quality, O how much more am I bound to forgive
my brethren a few light and trivial offences? Col. iii. 13. "Forbearing
one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against
any, even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." Eph. iv. 32. "And be ye
kind one to another, tender hearted,