Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture

(2.) It is admirable that his love to thee is not extinguished by so many sins as thou hast committed against him. Lay thy hand, Christian, this day, upon thy heart, and be think thy self how many have been the provocations, wrongs, and dishonours thou hast been guilty of against thy God, and that since he ⟨p. 219⟩called thee by his grace, and set his love upon thee: What! and yet love thee still! Yea, notwithstanding all, he is still thy God, and loves thee with an unchangeable love. O! with how many notwithstandings is his love continued to thy soul? All this is just matter of admiration and wonder for ever.

Is the love of Christ past knowledge? an unsearchable love? then learn whence and why it is that th• souls of Believers never are, not can be tired in beholding and enjoying Jesus Christ. We use to say, one thing is tiresome; and it is very true, if it be an earthly thing, it will be so, how sweet or excellent soever it seems at first; and the reason is, because the b•t Creature-enjoyment is but a shallow thing, and a few thoughts will sound it to the bottom; and there being no supply of new matter to feed the hungry soul upon, it is quickly sated and cloyed with the repetition of the same thing over and over, but it is far otherwise in Christ; for though he be but one, yet in that ⟨p. 220⟩one thing, all things are virtually and eminently contained, so that every day he seems a new Christ for sweetness, and yet is the same Christ still. And in Heaven the Redeemed shall view him with as much wonder, and love him with as much ardour after millions of years, as they did at their first sight of him. O! there is no bottom in the love of Christ; it passeth knowledge.