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Show L J3 ] LECTURE lit "LIE who was rejected, but afterwards became Head x x over all Tlnngs, faid thus to his Followers, A new " •Commandment give I unto you, Love ye one another. The Men who received this Command had formerly feen.fo radiant an Example of Fraternal Love, in. the I* Fife of the Divine Perlbn, that gave it, and fome Time ^ after the ftrongeft Inftance thereof that ever couJd be fhewn, " in taking upon himfelf our Crimes, and iuffering a moil: ignominious Death for them, to let us free from the -Bondage of Sin, and the Penalty incurred by our Diiobc-i dience. That their Hearts became immediately affected ;-with this generous Paftionto fuch a Degree, that in little 11 Time the then known World, either by their fingular of •united Endeavours heard the glad Tidings of Truth, and "the glorious Principles of Love and Chantywere cenfeii'd ::in the remote Corners of the Earth. ::_ N o Remora's could obftruct, no Dangers deter thefe kholy Brethren from fhedding the Light of th- Gofpel to ::thoic that grop'd about either in the Darknefs of Poly the- ;:;ifm, or willful Blindnefs of the JewsA'ill they had ical'd «tbe heavenly Doctrines delivered them by their great Lord [[and Mafter with their Blood, and fo were translated into ius Reft. ^ And ever fince their Time, there have not been wanting Numbers to inculcate this heavenly Principle, as well :;by Precept as Example, juftly confldering this as a necef- :i ary Introduction to the Love of God, (without which we .can never be happy either here or hereafter) for our !;Lord and great Mafter fays, If you love not vo&r Srf-fber, whom you have feen, how canyon love God, whom you have net feen ? That great Saint and beloved Dii* :ipleof our Lord, whole Feftival w e M A S O N S celebrate this Day, frequently made Tjfe of this Expre8ia», Little Childrenyloveye one another. A n d indeed,-if we co'nfidcr A2 hi&z |