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in the Soul
of
Man.
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another's happinefs and n1ifery: and this
n1akes love a troublefome paffion when
placed on earth. The n1ofi
fortunat~
per–
fc)n
hath
grief
enough to marr the tran–
quility of his friend; acd it
is
hard to hold
it out, when we are attacked on all hands,
and fuffer not only , in our O\Vn perfon,
but in another's.
But if God were the
ob~eet
of our love,
we
fhould !hare in an
.infinite .happinefs, without any n1_ixture
or
poffibility of diminution; we lhould re–
joice to behold the glory of God, and re–
ceive con1fort and pleafure fron1 all the
praifes wherewith n1en and angels do extol
him.
It fhould delight us beyond all
ex–
preffion,
to confider,
that the beloved
of our fouls is infinitely happy in him–
felf,
and
that all hi1)
enen1ies cannot
fhake or unfettle his· throne;
tint our God
is in
the ha.avens,
and
doth whatjoe·ver
he
p!eq/eth.
BeholJ! on what fure foundations
his
happinefs is built, whofe foul
is
poffc!fed
with
divine love, whofe
will
is transfort11-
ed into the
will
of God,
and
whofe great–
eft
de fire
i~,
that
h
ts
maker fhould be
plt'afed.
0
the peace, the refl, the
.fttis...
fattion that attendeth . fuch . a temper of
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