A Body of Practical Divinity

5. He who loves God, will be at any pains to get him. What pains doth the Merchant take? what hazards doth he run to have a rich Return from the Indies? Extremos currit Mercator […]. Jacob loved Rachel, and he would endure the Heat by Day, an• the Fro•t by Night that he might enjoy her. A Soul that loves God will take any pains for the Fruition of him, Psal. 63.8. My Soul follows ⟨p. 290⟩hard after God. Love is Pondus animae, Aug. It is as the weight which sets the Clock a going. The Soul is much in Prayer, Weeping, Fasting; he strives as in an Agony, that he may obtain him whom his Soul loves. Plutarch reports of the Gauls, an ancient People of France, after they had tasted the sweet Wine of Italy, they never rested till they had arrived at that Country. He who is in love with God, never rests till he hath gotten a part in him, Cant. 3.2. I sought him whom my Soul loved. How can they say they love God, who are not industrious in the use of means to obtain him, Prov. 19.24. A slothful man hides his hands in his Bosom. These not in Agony, but Lethargy: If Christ and Salvation would drop as a ripe Fig into his mouth, he could be content to have them; but he is loath to put himself to too much trouble. Doth he love his Friend, that will not make a Journey to him?

5. He who loves God, will be at any pains to get him. What pains doth the Merchant take? what hazards doth he run to have a rich Return from the Indies? Extremos currit Mercator 〈…〉. Iacob loved Rachel, and he would endure the Heat by Day, an• the Fro•t by Night that he might enjoy her. A Soul that loves God will take any pains for the Fruition of him, Psal. 63.8. My Soul follows ⟨p. 290⟩