The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at…

Indeed it is the work of ⟨p. 374⟩the Redeemer, to recover the heart of man to God, and to bring us to Love him by representing him to us as the most amiable suitable object of our Love: And the perfection of Love, is Heaven it self. [O jugum sancti amoris, (inq. Bernard.) quam dulciter capis, glorious laqueas, suaviter premis, delectanter oneras, fortiter stringis, prudenter erudis!] that is [The yoke of holy Love, O how sweetly dost thou surprise? how gloriously dost thou enthral? how pleasantly dost thou press? how delightfully dost thou load? how strongly dost thou bind? how prudently dost thou instruct?] [O faelix amor ex quo oritur strenuitas morum, puritas affectionum, subtilitas intellectuum, desideriorum sanctitas, operum claritas, virtutum faecunditas, meritorum dignitas, praemiorum sublimitas] [O happy Love, from which ariseth the strength of manners, the purity of affections, the subtlety of intellects, the sanctity of desires, the excellency of works, the fruitfulness of virtues, the dignity of deserts the sublimity of the reward!] I appeal to your own consciences Christians; would you not think it a foretaste of Heaven upon earth, if you could but Love God as much as you desire? would any kind of life that you can imagine, be ⟨p. 375⟩so desirable and delightful to you! Would any thing be more acceptable unto God! And on the contrary, a soul without the Love of God, is worse then a Corpse without a soul. If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema maranatha, 1 Cor. 16.22.

Indeed it is the work of ⟨p. 374⟩the Redeemer, to recover the heart of man to God, and to bring us to Love him by representing him to us as the most amiable suitable object of our Love: And the perfection of Love, is Heaven it self. [O jugum sancti amoris, (inq. Bernard.) quam dulciter capis, gloriose laqueas, suaviter premis, delectanter oneras, fortiter stringis, prudenter erudis!] that is [The yoak of holy Love, O how sweetly dost thou surprize? how gloriously dost thou inthrall? how plesantly dost thou press? how delightfully dost thou load? how strongly dost thou bind? how prudently dost thou instruct?] [O faelix amor ex quo oritur strenuitas morum, puritas affectionum, subtilitas intellectuum, desideriorum sanctitas, operum claritas, virtutum faecunditas, meritorum dignitas, praemiorum sublimitas] [O happy Love, from which ariseth the strength of manners, the purity of affections, the subtilty of intellects, the sanctity of desires, the excellency of works, the fruitfulness of vertues, the dignity of deserts the sublimity of the reward!] I appeal to your own consciences Christians; would you not think it a foretaste of Heaven upon earth, if you could but Love God as much as you desire? would any kind of life that you can imagine, be