·• tJt the Soul of A1mt. 35 giver, and not to be mcafured by the e– vent, but by the dcGrc; he who Ioveth may in fon1e fcnfe be ·f;iid not only to be– fiow all he bath, but all things elfc which n1ay n1ake the beloved perfon happy, fince he doth heartily wifh them, and· would readily give them, if they Yvere in l1is power. In which fcnfe it is that one n1akes bold to fc1y, That divine iove doth in a manner give God unto himje[f; by the complacency it takes in the happinej1· and perfection if his nature. But though this .n1ay feen1 too Hrained an expreilion, cer– tainly love is the worthid1: prefent we can offer unto · God; and it is extremely de– bafed when we befiow it another way. When this affection is mifplaced, it cloth often vent itfdf in fuch exprdiio!1S as point at its genuine and proper object, and infinuate where it ought to be placed. 'Ihe flattering and blaij)hemous terms of adoration wherein men do fometimes ex– prefs their paffion, are the language of that affeCtion which was made and dcfign– ed tor God; as he who is accuflomed to fpeak to fome great pcrfon, doth perhaps unawares accofi another with rhofe titles he was wont to give to him. Btu certainly that paffion whiLh accounteth .. ·i~s ()b1etl: a Deity, ought to be befrowed on · hitn who
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