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Perfon, that fo he might be qualified by 

 the Sacrifice of himfelf to expiate our Sins, 

 to make an atonement for us, and to re* 

 concile us unto God: The greatnefs of 

 this Love, together with the freenefs and 

 unmeritednefs of it, there being not any 

 the lead Motive on our part to invite him 

 to it, is fo matchlefs and ftupendious, that 

 it challenges the higheft degree of recipro- 

 cal affeftion and gratitude. Magnes amoris 

 amor ; Love is the Loadltone of Love. We 

 cannot chufe but love them again, in whom 

 we difcern any Expreffions of unfeigned 

 love to us, as I have before noted: And 

 our love for the degree of it mull be in 

 fome meafure anfwerable to the Dignity, 

 and to the merit of the Perfon who loveth 

 us : For Favours done us, and benefits be- 

 ftowed upon us, Gratitude is the moll na- 

 tural, I might fay, neceflary ebullition of 

 of the Mind of Man. 



To this purpofe Seneca, Efijt.%1. In hoc 

 fidei fofuli credamm^ Nihil effe grato ant- 

 mo honejiius, Omnes hoc urbes, omnes eti- 

 am ex Bar bar is regionibus gentes cone lama- 

 bunt : In hoc bonis malifqtte conveniet. E- 

 runt qui vohiptateslaudent, erunt qui labor es 

 ma lint i erunt qui do lor em maximum malum 

 ) erunt qui ne malum quidem apfel- 

 I 4 lent ; 



