The Life of God in the Soul of Man by Henry Scougal

love. "He is not far from every one of us; for in him we
live, move, and have our being." We cannot open our
eyes, but we must behold some footsteps of his glory;
and we cannot turn toward him, but we shall be sure to
find his intent upon us, waiting as it were to catch a look,
ready to entertain the most intimate fellowship and
communion with us. Let us therefore endeavor to raise
our minds to the clearest conceptions of the divine
nature. Let us consider all that his works do declare, or
his word doth discover of him unto us; and let us
especially contemplate that visible representation of
him which was made in our own nature by his Son, who
was the "brightness of his glory, and the express image
of his person," and who appeared in the world to
discover at once what God is, and what we ought to be.
Let us represent him unto our minds as we find him
described in the gospel, and there we shall behold the
perfections of the divine nature, though covered with
the vail of human infirmities; and when we have framed
unto ourselves the clearest notion that we can of a Being
infinite in power, in wisdom, and goodness, the Author
and fountain of all perfections, let us fix the eyes of our
souls upon it, that our eyes may affect our heart -- and
while we are musing the fire will burn.
Especially, if we hereunto add the consideration of God's
favor and good-will towards us; nothing is more
powerful to engage our affection, than to find that we
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