These few observations being premised, I come now to
declare what it is wherein peculiarly and eminently the saints have
communion with the Father; and this is love, — free, undeserved, and
eternal love. This the Father peculiarly fixes upon the saints; this they
are immediately to eye in him, to receive of him, and to make such returns
thereof as he is delighted withal. This is the great discovery of
the gospel: for whereas the Father, as the fountain of the Deity, is not
known any other way but as full of wrath, anger, and indignation against
sin, nor can the sons of men have any other thoughts of him (Rom. i. 18; Isa. xxxiii. 13, 14; Hab. i. 13; Ps. v.
4–6; Eph. ii. 3), — here he is now revealed
peculiarly as love, as full of it unto us; the manifestation whereof is the
peculiar work of the gospel, Tit. iii.
4.