Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

5. Thinking much on God would Cure the Love of the World. Great things seem little to him that stands high. To such as stand upon the top of the Alps the great Cities of Campania seem little Villages: they who are Mounted High in the contemplation of Christ and Glory, how do the things of the World disappear, and even shrink into nothing! A Soul elevated ⟨p. 118⟩by faith above the Visible Orbs, hath the Moon under his feet. A true Saint intermeddles with Secular Affairs more out of Necessity than Choice. St. Pauls Thoughts were sublime, he lived in the Altitudes, and how did he scorn the World^*! Gal. 6.14. The world is crucified to me *.

5. Thinking much on God would Cure the Love of the World. Great things seem little to him that stands high. To such as stand upon the top of the Alps the great Cities of Campania seem little Villages: they who are Mounted High in the contemplation of Christ and Glory, how do the things of the World disappear, and even shrink into nothing! A Soul elevated ⟨p. 118⟩by faith above the Visible Orbs, hath the Moon under his feet. A true Saint intermedles with Secular Affairs more out of Necessity than Choice. St. Pauls Thoughts were sublime, he lived in the Altitudes, and how did he scorn the World^*! Gal. 6.14. The world is crucified to me *.

1. *Quae citò aspecta placent, inspecta displicent, Seneca.