rn the Soul oj MaH. 39 h5 be beloved, he is revived, as it were, and liveth in the foul and care of the per– fan whon1 he loves: and now he begins to n1ind his own concernn1ents, not fo much becaufc they are his, as becaufe · the be– loved is pleafcd to own an interefi in then1. f-Ie becon1cs dear unto himfelf, becaufe he is fo unto the other. But why ihould I enlarge in fo known a n1atter? Nothing can be n1ore clear; than that the happinefs of love depends on the return it meets with. And herein the divine lover, hath unfpeakably the ad– vantage, having placed his affection on hln1 whofe nan1re is love; \vhofe good- ,.. nefs is as infinire as his being; whofe ffier– cy prevented us when v1e \Vere his ene– nlies, therefore cannot chufe but en1brace us when we are becoine his friends. It is utterly impoffible that God ihould deny his love to a foul wholly devoted to him, and which deGres nothing fo much as to ferve and pleafe hin1. He cannot difdain his own image, nor the h cart in which it is engraven. Love is all the tribute which we can pay him, and it is the fa– crifice \vhich ·he vdll not dc~ryifc. D 2 Another '
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