In his Treatise of Christian Love,
the Scottish Covenanting minister Hugh
Binning movingly presents the need for
Christians to show by their love for
one another that they belong to Christ.
Basing his remarks on John 13:35, By
this shall all men know that ye are my
disciples, if ye have love one to
another, he argues, ‘This is the badge
that Christ left to his disciples: if
we cast this away on every
disagreement, we disown our Master, and
disclaim his token and badge.’ Hugh
Binning (1627-53) describes the
excellence of Christian love,
demonstrating its nature from 1
Corinthians 13. He gives strong reasons
why Christians should love one another,
and shows that love is rooted in
Christian humility and meekness, after
the pattern of Christ Himself. Also
included in this edition are three
sermons from Binning’s work The
Sinner’s Sanctuary, an exposition of
Romans 8:1-15.