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

There is a sweet concurrence of misery, and mercy; of emptiness, and fullness; of beggary, and riches.

There is a sweet concurrence of misery, and mercie; of emptinesse, and fulnesse; of beggery, and riches.

Now when we see our own misery, and beggary, and sinfulness, and then a fullness in God to supply, of riches to enrich us every way, then this breeds a love; this is the way to all other loves that follow. And where this is not premised, and goes before, a man ⟨p. 29⟩will never delight in God. In Luke 7. That good woman she loved much, why? much was forgiven her, many sins were forgiven her.

Now when wee see our owne misery, and beggery, and sinfulnesse, and then a fulnesse in God to supply, of riches to enrich us every way, then this breeds a love; this is the way to all other loves that follow. And where this is not premised, and goes before, a man ⟨p. 29⟩will never delight in God. In Luke 7. That good woman she loved much, why? much was forgiven her, many sinnes were forgiven her.

So when the soul shall see what need it hath of forgiving mercy, of pardoning mercy, and how many great debts GOD hath forgiven us in CHRIST, there will be a great deal of love because there is a great deal forgiven. And we must begin indeed with seeing the infinite mercy of GOD before any other attribute of God, and then we shall love him after. This is the first thing. There is no soul that ever loves God so, as the poor soul