The Angels, Good Will to Men, and God's Love
No. 310
Love of benevolence is that disposition which a man has who desires or delights in the good of another. And this is the main thing in Christian love, the most essential thing, and that whereby our love is most of an imitation of the eternal love and grace of God, and the dying love of Christ, which consists in benevolence or good will. And therefore the angels at the birth of Christ, as in Luke 2:14, sang, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will towards men." So that the main thing in Christian love is good will, or a spirit to delight in, and seek the good of those who are the objects of that love. - WJE 8:213
CORPUS NOTECARDS
1. The Essence of Love, WJEO 8:213
TERMS & REFERENCES
Term Set A: angel angels angelic
Term Set B: incarnation birth sang song
Max Distance Between Terms = 6
Reference List A/B
8:213 - Ethical Writings (WJEO 8)
8:486 - Ethical Writings (WJEO 8)
10:390 - Sermons and Discourses 1720-1723 (WJEO 10)
13:284 - The Miscellanies: (Entry Nos. a-z, aa-zz, 1-500) (WJEO 13)
13:285 - The Miscellanies: (Entry Nos. a-z, aa-zz, 1-500) (WJEO 13)
18:125 - The Miscellanies, (Entry Nos. 501-832) (WJEO 18)
18:239 - The Miscellanies, (Entry Nos. 501-832) (WJEO 18)
20:45 - The Miscellanies, 833-1152 (WJEO 20)
22:235 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742 (WJEO 22)
25:542 - Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758 (WJEO 25)
31:1 - History of Redemption Notebooks (WJEO 31)
42:25 - Sermons, Series II, 1723-1727 (WJEO 42)
43:11 - Sermons, Series II, 1728-1729 (WJEO 43)
50:10 - Sermons, Series II, 1735 (WJEO 50)
51:25 - Sermons, Series II, 1736 (WJEO 51)
51:34 - Sermons, Series II, 1736 (WJEO 51)
56:18 - Sermons, Series II, July-December 1740 (WJEO 56)
68:20 - Sermons, Series II, 1750 (WJEO 68)
Reference List B/A
5:145 - Apocalyptic Writings (WJEO 5)
8:486 - Ethical Writings (WJEO 8)
22:231 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742 (WJEO 22)
22:242 - Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742 (WJEO 22)
36:1 - Sermon Notebooks (WJEO 36)
42:25 - Sermons, Series II, 1723-1727 (WJEO 42)
56:18 - Sermons, Series II, July-December 1740 (WJEO 56)
