The love of God, or, Love divine being the subject of these ensuing meditations / collected out of Mr. Gorings English translation ; originally penned by Peter Du Moulin ... ; digested into divine poems by William Wood ...
- Title
- The love of God, or, Love divine being the subject of these ensuing meditations / collected out of Mr. Gorings English translation ; originally penned by Peter Du Moulin ... ; digested into divine poems by William Wood ...
- Author
- Wood, William.
- Publication
- [York] :: Printed at York by Tho. Broad for the author,
- 1656.
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"The love of God, or, Love divine being the subject of these ensuing meditations / collected out of Mr. Gorings English translation ; originally penned by Peter Du Moulin ... ; digested into divine poems by William Wood ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36873.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- dedication
- The Prologue.
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Divine Poems.
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The fi
st degree of the love of God, is, to lo God because of the good which he doth , d which to receive of him. -
The second degree is to love him for his
he is - The third degree is, not onely to love God above all things, and more then our selves, but also not to love any thing in the world but for Gods love.
- The fourth degree is to hate our selves for Gods sake.
- The fift degree is that wherewith we shall love God in the life to come.
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The fi