Hi A PERSUASIVE to 



knowing and contemplating is of the 

 derflandtng. Defire indeedis the firlt mo- 

 tion of it, when any thing is apprehended 

 to be good for us ; but that will there be 

 quenched in pofleffion and enjoyment, and 

 no more of it can be conceived to re- 

 main than a longing for the continuance 

 and increafe of this Happinefs, which yet 

 will be fo certain, that we fliall be rather 

 confident than defirous. 



The Will therefore having fuch a glori- 

 ous Objeft always before it, will be whol- 

 ly employed in Love, and fpend it felf 

 without any decay in flames of affeftion to- 

 wards this univerfal Good, which (bines fd 

 fairly and brightly in its Eyes. It will ap- 

 ply it felf to the enjoyment of it, with as 

 great a vehemency as it can; and laying 

 its Mouth (as Sn.Auguftin teaches me to 

 fpeak ) to the Spring of all Happinefs, do 

 more than tafte the fweetnefs of it: We; 

 may expeft to have it fill'd with thofe de- 

 licious Pleafures which we know attend on 

 Love, and which in that State will be pro- 

 portionable to the greatnefs of the good 

 that is embraced , and to the ftrength and 

 Ardency of the embracement. 



And whereas, here in this World, Men 

 are apt to love beyond all reafon, whereby 



their 



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