Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

To remove this difficulty, there have been many expedients found out. 1.¹ Some carry the sense thus; To know the Love of Christ, which passeth, or surpasseth the knowledge of all other things: There is an excellency, an usefulness in the knowledge, of Christs Love, which is not to be found in the knowledge of any thing else. A man may know to his own pride, to the Admiration of others, he may have the knowledge of all Tongues, and Languages; may understand all Arts and Sciences, may dive deep into the secrets of Nature; may be profound in Worldly Policies, may have the Theory of all Religions true and false, and yet when he comes to cast up his Accounts, shall find himself, never the better, never the holier, indeed never the wiser, never the nearer satisfaction till he can reach this blessed knowledge of the Love of Christ.

To remove this difficulty, there have been many expedients found out. 1.¹ Some carry the sense thus; To know the Love of Christ, which passeth, or surpasseth the knowledge of all other things: There is an excellency, an usefulness in the knowledge, of Christs Love, which is not to be found in the knowledgc of any thing else. A man may know to his own pride, to the Admiration of others, he may have the knowledge of all Tongues, and Languages; may understand all Arts and Sciences, may dive deep into the secrets of Nature; may be profound in Worldly Policies, may have the Theory of all Religions true and false, and yet when he comes to cast up his Accounts, shall find himself, never the better, never the holier, indeed never the wiser, never the nearer satisfaction till he can reach this blessed knowledge of the Love of Christ.

1. 1I.

Only the excellency of the knowledge of the Love of Christ, consists herein.