self-love, inclining us to prefer God above the flesh and the word, such as God directeth us unto, when he exhorteth us to save ourselves, Acts 2:40; 1 Tim. 4:16. And it is so far from being contrary to the pure love of God, that it brings us to love God more purely and entirely. The more good and beneficial we apprehend God to us to all eternity, doubtless the more lovely God will be to us, and our affections will be the more inflamed towards him. God will not be loved as a barren wilderness, a