Resolved, To Confess Frankly To Myself All

True Weanedness From The World Don't Consist In Being Beat Off From The World By The Affliction Of It, But A Being Drawn Off By The Sight Of Something Better.

Because God Is Not Only Infinitely Greater And More Excellent Than All Other Being, But He Is The Head Of The Universal System Of Existence; The Foundation And Fountain Of All Being And All Beauty; From Whom All Is Perfectly Derived, And On Whom All Is Most Absolutely And Perfectly Dependent; Of Whom, And Through Whom, And To Whom Is All Being And All Perfection; And Whose Being And Beauty Are, As It Were, The Sum And Comprehension Of All Existence And Excellence: Much More Than The Sun Is The Fountain And Summary Comprehension Of All The Light And Brightness Of The Day.

But It Is Doubtless True, And Evident From [the] Scriptures, That The Essence Of All True Religion Lies In Holy Love; And That In This Divine Affection, And An Habitual Disposition To It, And That Light Which Is The Foundation Of It, And Those Things Which Are The Fruits Of It, Consists The Whole Of Religion.

The Way To Heaven Is Ascending; We Must Be Content To Travel Uphill, Though It Be Hard And Tiresome, And Contrary To The Natural Bias Of Our Flesh.

Seek Not To Grow In Knowledge Chiefly For The Sake Of Applause, And To Enable You To Dispute With Others; But Seek It For The Benefit Of Your Souls.