ON

THE HABITUAL EXERCISE

OF

Love to God,

CONSIDERED

AS A PREPARATION FOR HEAVEN.

BY

JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY.

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.

NORWICH:

PRINTED BY JOSIAH FLETCHER, UPPER HAYMARKET.

CONTENTS

SECTION 1.-GENERAL REMARKS ON MEETNESS FOR THE

HEAVENLY STATE

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

AND PROVIDENCE

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

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

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

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DEMPTION.-THE SPIRIT

SECTION 6.-ON COMMUNION WITH GOD

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SECTION 7.-ON SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD

SECTION 8.-ON CONFORMITY WITH THE ATTRIBUTES OF