Now All The Knowledge And Wisdom That

Truth And Love Are Two Of The Most Powerful Things In The World; And When They Both Go Together They Cannot Easily Be Withstood.

If Intellection And Knowledge Were Mere Passion From Without, Or The Bare Reception Of Extraneous And Adventitious Forms, Then No Reason Could Be Given At All Why A Mirror Or Looking-glass Should Not Understand.

Truth Is The Most Unbending And Uncompliable, The Most Necessary, Firm, Immutable, And Adamantine Thing In The World.

Now All The Knowledge And Wisdom That Is In Creatures, Whether Angels Or Men, Is Nothing Else But A Participation Of That One Eternal, Immutable And Increased Wisdom Of God.

The Best Assurance Any One Can Have Of His Interest In God, Is Doubtless The Conformity Of His Soul To Him. When Our Heart Is Once Turned Into A Conformity With The Mind Of God. When We Feel Our Will Conformed To His Will, We Shall Then Presently Perceive A Spirit Of Adoption Within Ourselves, Teaching Us To Say, "abba, Father.