A glance of Heaven, or, A precious taste of a glorious feastA glance of Heaven, or, A pretious taste of a glorious feast

There be four things in this sweet affection, in true natural love.

There bee foure things in this sweet affection, in true naturall love.

There is an estimation & valuing of some good thing, especially when the love is to a better, when it is not ⟨p. 163⟩between equals. Now there is a great distance between God and us. There is a high esteem in common love, love will not stoop to nothing: there cannot be love maintained, but upon sight of a supposed excellency: love will not stoop, but where it sees somewhat worth the valuing: therefore there is a high esteem of somewhat as the spring of it. And that is the reason that we say a man cannot be wise, and love, in earthly things: because love will make a man too much to value those things that he that apprehends better would not.

There is an estimation & valuing of some good thing, especially when the love is to a better, when it is not ⟨p. 163⟩between equals. Now there is a great distance betweene God and us. There is a high esteeme in common love, love will not stoope to nothing: there cannot be love maintained, but upon sight of a supposed excellencie: love will not stoope, but where it sees somewhat worth the valuing: therefore there is a high esteeme of somewhat as the spring of it. And that is the reason that wee say a man cannot bee wise, and love, in earthly things: because love will make a man too much to value those things that hee that apprehends better would not.