ON

THE HABITUAL EXERCISE

OF

Love to God,

CONSIDERED

AS A PREPARATION FOR HEAVEN.

BY

JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY.

66 WE LOVE HIM because he FIRST LOVED US:" 1 John iv, 19.

THIRD EDITION,

WITH SEVERAL ADDITIONS.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED BY R. B. SEELEY AND W. BURNSIDE,

AND L. AND J. SEELEY, FLEET STREET; J. AND A. ARCH, CORNHILL; EDMUND FRY AND SON, BISHOPSGATE STREET;

AND JOSIAH FLETCHER, NORWICH.

1835.

CONTENTS

CTION 1.-GENERAL REMARKS ON MEETNESS FOR THE

HEAVENLY STATE

ECTION 2.-ON THE CONTEMPLATION OF GOD, IN NATURE

ECTION 3.-ON THE CONTEMPLATION OF GOD, IN RE-

SECTION 4.-ON THE CONTEMPLATION OF GOD, IN RE-

DEMPTION.-THE SON .....

SECTION 5.-ON THE CONTEMPLATION OF GOD, IN RE-

DEMPTION. THE SPIRIT

SECTION 6.-ON COMMUNION WITH GOD

......

SECTION 7.-ON SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD

SECTION 8.-ON CONFORMITY WITH THE ATTRIBUTES OF

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