The divine life in three treatises

1. What can be more agreeable to the nature of man, then to be rational and wise, and to live in the purest exercise of Reason? And certainly there is nothing more rational then that we should live to God, and gladly accept of all that communion with him which our natures on earth are capable of. Nothing can be more Reasonable then for the Reasonable soul to be entirely addicted to him that did create it, that doth preserve it, and by whom it doth subsist and act. Nothing is more Reasonable then that the Absolute Lord of nature be honoured and served wholly by his Own: Nothing is more Reasonable then that the Reasonable creature do live in the ⟨p. 237⟩truest dependence upon, and subordination to the Highest Reason; and that derived, imperfect, defectible wisdom, be subservient to, and guided by the primitive, perfect, indefectible wisdom: It is most reasonable that the Children depend upon the Father, and the foolish be ruled by the most wise, and that the Subjects be governed by the universal King; and that they honour him and obey him, and that the indigent apply themselves to him that is All sufficient, and is most able and ready to supply their wants; and that the Impotent rest upon him that is Omnipotent.

1. What can be more agreeable to the nature of man, then to be rational and wise, and to live in the purest exercise of Reason? And certainly there is nothing more rational then that we should live to God, and gladly accept of all that communion with him which our natures on earth are capable of. Nothing can be more Reasonable then for the Reasonable soul to be entirely addicted to him that did create it, that doth preserve it, and by whom it doth subsist and act. Nothing is more Reasonable then that the Absolute Lord of nature be honoured and served wholly by his Own: Nothing is more Reasonable then that the Reasonable creature do live in the ⟨p. 237⟩truest dependence upon, and subordination to the Highest Reason; and that derived, imperfect, defectible wisdome, be subservient to, and guided by the primitive, perfect, indefectible wisdome: It is most reasonable that the Children depend upon the Father, and the foolish be ruled by the most wise, and that the Subjects be governed by the universal King; and that they honour him and obey him, and that the indigent apply themselves to him that is All sufficient, and is most able and ready to supply their wants; and that the Importent rest upon him that is Omnipotent.