John Trapp on Luke 10:27-29

Verse 27. With all thy heart, and &c.] Serviendum Deo toto Martial. corde: id est, amore summo, more vero, ore fideli, re omni: Hoc non fit verbis: Marce ut ameris, [illegible: 1 word]. Here some weak Christians are troubled, as conceiting that they love their children, friends, &c. better then God. But it is answered, 1. When two streames run in one channell (as here nature D. Sibbes. on 1 Cor, 2. 9. and grace do) they run stronger then one st eam doth. When a man loves God and the things of God, grace is alone: nature yeelds nothing to that. 2. We must not judge by an indeliberate passion. The love of God is a constant stream: not a torrent, but a current, that runs all our life time, but runs still and withoutClaudian. noyse, as the waters of Shiloh, and of Nilus, nullas confessus murmure vires, that runs smoothly. With all thy strength] That is, saith a Divine, in our particular places. A Magistrate must execute Justice for Gods sake, &c.