88 The Life of GOD <~on1 of heaven to all believers, and is now ft~t down on the right hand of the lYJ.ajeJly on high * j and yet is not the lefs n1ind– ful of us, but receiveth our prayers, and prefenteth them unto his Father; and is daily viGting his church with the influen– ces of his Spirit, as the fun reacheth us with his ·beams. The ferious and frequent conGderation To beget divine .lo\·e, we mull con– fidl:!r the excellency of th~ divine natun:. of thefe, and fuch divine truths, is the mofl proper n1ethod to beget that lively faith whi eh is the founda– tion of religion, the fpring and root of the divine life. Let me further fr1gg.dr fame particular fubjecrs of medita– tion for producing the ·fcvcral branches of it. And, firft, to inflame our fouls with the love of God, let us confider the ex– cellency of his nature, and his love and ~~indncfs towards us. It is little we know of the divine perfeCtions: and yet that little mJy fuffi.ce to fill ou.r fouls with ad– nliration and love, to ravifh our a:ffecrions, as well as to raife our wonder. For we. are not merely creatures of fenfe, that we fhould be incapable of any other affecrion but th ~ t which entereth by the eyes. The character of a11y excellent perfon whon1 we
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