914 Ortie toyer ofheauen. ore dot 01(7111-brace and vnite veto himfelfe the thing beloued, that fo axtm,ipfetreat inioying it, hee may reli contented, and reioyce in this elcriunipfe fruition. And that to this maine end- thatweemight de- Jidrrianaipfa , confummat. fire, imbrace, and bee vnited "with all our-hearts, . ils and Bcrnard.dedi affe&ions, vnto himfelfe our fupreme good, who is infi- lig.deo craft. nice in all beautie and perfe&ion, and fo by this bond of 1,tohn4.ró, loue become one with him. Foras the Apoflle faith, God id- loue, and hee that dwelletb in lone, eilbelleth in -God, and God in him. So the Lord is the eficient caufeof our loue, while[} bee communicateth himfelfe veto vs, sa ho iswor- chie of all loue, and with the infinit flames of his loue to- wards vs, doth inflame our hearts with loue towards him: and the obic& likewife ofour affe&ion being moti lonely and full ofallbeautie,exccllencie,andaffe&ion. And-finally, he is the fupreme end, and from him alone haue weall the fruit ofourlone,}ahileliimbracing him in our harts and af. fe&ions,who containerhall goodand perfe&ion,weare ful- lie fatisficd,repleni(hcd withdelighr,andmade thereby mote happieand.bleffed. For fceing it is thenatureofloue tounite the perron louing,,N ich thethingbeloued,yca,to transforme blip as muchas maybe, into the famenature, and toadorne himwith the fame excellencies which it affeð: and fee ing OUT loneofGod fhall be foperf,that we (bal louehim with all the powers ofour foules, muchmore ardently then we doeour fcluec;hereofitwillcome to pafl'e,that wee Ihalh much more reioyce in his glory.and blef£ednes,then in our owne; and the fuller ourhearts be with hislone, the more by (hall we haue in beholding his felicitie. As therefore we loue Godbecaufe he communicateth veto vs hcauenlyhap- pineffe,fofhall we bemoll happie,hecaufe we louehim. For . thenare we perfc&ly bleffed, when we haue the full fruition ofour /nrnmumbonum,and chiefehappineffe; and the chiefe meanes,whereby we imbrace and inioy it, is, when our wils defire ir,and ourhearts andaffe&ions are fetvpon it. And as wee are thuehappie and bleffed,becaufewee thall"perfedlie lone the Lord, fomuch more, becaufe he will louevs, both becaufe his loue is infinit,and farbeyond all degreesofcom- parifon futpaflìngours, andalto- becaufeit isadiue, opera tarie,
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