the Characi er of his true Difciples. 213 feëtions are abfolute, and infinite. This is S E R M. the love which ought to be the molt intenfe, IX. and to rule in our hearts. Reafon teaches us, that our affections ought to bear a pro- portion to the worth of the objet. It is reputed great weaknefs, at leaft, to be im- moderately fond pf trifles, and neglect= things of the higheft dignity and import - tance. Now, it muff he acknowledged by every intelligent creature, who has any no- tion at all, of God, that he is the molt ex- cellent, and therefore the molt amiable of all Beings ; for in him infinite natural and moral perfeétions meet. He is not only molt powerful and wife, which characters our minds naturally admire ; but in con - junction with thefe he is perfectly righteous, a God of truth and without iniquity, juji and right is he: And he is good to all, his tender mercies are over all his works. No man then, if he would, can with-hold his afI'ent from this propofition, that God is the worthieft object of our affection, and our hearts muff neceffarily condemn us in pre- ferring other things to him. And as this is what the light of nature teaches men, fo the fiat and great commandment of God's po- P 3 fitive
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=