Grace Is But Glory Begun, And Glory

There Is, Therefore, No Difficulty In Answering Such Questions As These. What Cause Was There Why The Universe Was Placed In Such A Part Of Space? And, Why Was The Universe Created At Such A Time? For, If There Be No Space Beyond The Universe, It Was Impossible That It Should Be Created In Another Place; And If There Was No Time Before, It Was Impossible It Should Be Created At Another Time.

Who Will Deny That True Religion Consists, In A Great Measure, In Vigorous And Lively Actings Of The Inclination And Will Of The Soul, Or The Fervent Exercises Of The Heart? That Religion Which God Requires, And Will Accept, Does Not Consist In Weak, Dull, And Lifeless, Wishes, Raising Us But A Little Above A State Of Indifference.

The Beauty Of The World Consists Wholly Of Sweet Mutual Consents, Either Within Itself Or With The Supreme Being.

When I Am Giving The Relation Of A Thing, Remember To Abstain From Altering Either In The Matter Or Manner Of Speaking, So Much, As That, If Every One, Afterwards, Should Alter As Much, It Would At Last Come To Be Properly False.

Nothing Is More Certain Than That There Must Be An Unmade And Unlimited Being.