524 THE Lova Or GOD. not this heavenly affection reign in my soul over all my faculties, all my senses, and all my passions ? Are not all my littleaffairs in this world, and all my more important concerns, regulated and governed by this holy love ? Canst thou bear the thought, O my soul, of acting contrary to this inward vital and reigning princi- ple ? Are not all my mortal interests subdued and devoted to divine love, and all my immortal interests united and summed up in it? " Whom have I in heaven, OLord, but thee, and what is thereon earth that I desire in comparison of thee ?" Ps. lxxiii. 25. " These eyes of mine, whither shall they look but toward thee ? These feet, whither shall they go but on thy messages ? What shall these hands do, but the work which thou ap- pointest them ? What is there that my tongue is employed in, with so much delight, as in speaking of thee, and to thee, my Lord and my God? All that I am, and all that I have, is thine for ever and ever : Am I not then a sincere lover ? " Blessed be the name of Jesus, the Son of God, and my Saviour, that has descended from heaven to dwell with dust and ashes, that he might bring such worthless wretches as we are, within the attractive force of divine love : Our sins stood between God and man like a wall of dreadful separation ; but by his glo- rious atonement he has removed the bar, and made the way of access to God free and open, that God and man might be united in the bond of perpetual love : He called sinners by his own voice, and hecalls them still by the word of his gospel, to partake of this privilege. O blessed messenger of divine love ! And he sends down his own spirit from heaven, where he dwells, to make us willing to partake of this felicity, and to draw our hearts near to God. Come, O divine Spirit, come, dwell in this heart of mine, as an unchangeable principle of holy love ! Guard my heart from all meaner allurements and influences, while I am travelling through the dangerous region of this world, till I am arrived beyond the reach of danger, till I rest for ever in the bosom of God, my supreme love, and my everlasting all.
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