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served in being j from the same source he derives all hfe blessings- But though man be thus subject to the Universal King , who doeth whatever he pleases , yet he has reason to fejoice in the assurance , thj <* t God will never command any thing but what is right and good , and that he hath revealed unto mankjpd his word and will , with the me ^ ns of attaining
everlasting happiness / Hepce man should yield himself unreservedly to the disposal of God , serve him freely , obey him cheerfully , and resign hijnself entirely to him . Thus may love to God be formed in the mind of man : this love is prescribed by the purity , justice , truth , fidelity , and
goodness of the Divine Character , by the happiness which creatures enjoy , which all proceeds ultimately from Gad 3 an 4 by the experience of individual welfare . Whoever loves good * ness , should love the Author of Goodness . As mankind naturally love those who promote their happiness , so much more ^
oyglxt'they to love him without whom they could not be happy , ^ ut who causes all things to work together for everlasting good . Great care and diligence however are required to maintain the love of God ; for visible and temporal objects make deeper impressions on the mind , than those which are invisible , infinite , and eternal . Besides love to God is more than admiration of
his works , providence , or word . It should be a feeling of the heart , and have an influence on the life and conduct , it sqould not be wasted on the mirror ; it should look on the image which the mirror represents or contains . It is a delicate plant which requires constant cultivation j but its utility is manifested in preserving the mind from pollution . In a wicked heart it cannot reside , and even in the noblest ipinds the flame
often needs rekindling . Hence the best characters may be far from attaining that perfect love which casts out fear , whilst the fear of God Tpay be useful , instrumental ^ and necessary to promote the love . Nor cap an earthly mind serve God acceptably , ojr be influenced by the principle of love to him ; the world is its deity and idol . The love of God cannot thrive or live among the weeds of world ! iness : the soil is so shallow that its
rpots cannot strike deep enaugh to flourish . When sought and acquiesced in as an end , the chief and only purpose of ? humari life , worldly possessions yield sbqrt apd little delight , are transient and insecure , injure the body and tfye mind , end in
the exfreme of evil , and cannot be attaiued fry all . The love of God produces effects directly contrary j though it may not preserve the ' heart from grief , the eyes from tears / or the feet from falling , yet it extracts the sting of calamity , and prepare ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1806, page 36, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1720/page/36/
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