a HOLY LIFE. 9 



5V 3. Love is faid to be the fulfilling of the 

 Law, Dr. Hammond in his Note' upon John 

 14.15-. obferves, that the Notion of loving 

 God in Scripture, but efpecially in the 

 New Teitament, feems molt fitly to be 

 taken from one moft eminent Aft and Ex- 

 preffion of Love amongft all Men ; that is, 

 doing thofe things which are moft grateful 

 and acceptable to the beloved. Now our 

 only way of doing things grateful to God, 

 is our performing what he commands ; and 

 therefore it is confequent, that our obedi- 

 ence to the Will or Commands of God, 

 in the higheft and moft perfect manner, is 

 ftyled the loving of him; being indeed the 

 prime, if not only way of demonftrating 

 our love to him, John 14.2,1. He that hath 

 my Commandments^ and keefeth them^ he it - 

 is that loveth me : and ver. 13. If any man 

 love me^ he will keep my word: and i John 

 1.5*. He that keeps his word^ in him is the 

 love of God made perfefl, &c. Another No- 

 tion there is of the Love of God, viz. a de- 

 fire of union and near conjunction with him ; 

 but this is but feldom lookt upon in the 

 Scriptures. Thus far Dr. Hammond. 



Love is by fome Divines diftinguilhed 

 into Appreciative and Senfible, or rather 

 fajjionate. 



