...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 that is begotten of him," 1 John v. 1 . Hypocrites may love saints, on account of a civil relation to them ; br cause of their...

...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...

...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...

...for their godliness, the saints for their sanctity, we love God in them, and so may conclude, ' that every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him,' 1 John v. 1. Hypocrites may love saints, because of natural relation to them, their obliging conversation,...

...love the saints, and esteem the poor but pious ones, more than all the pompous sons of vice ? " He that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." 5. Is it my desire, that in all things God may be glorified, though it were by my dishonour and loss...

...then it is in his power to hate the fountain from whence those principles come. Therefore, "he who loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." Again. It is justly said, " He who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God, whom...

...be seen by a single glance at the following texts : " Whosoever believeth — is born of God : and every one that loveth Him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God." " Whosoever is born of God doth...