The Near Union between God and the Soul.
LORD! how near wilt thou bring me to thyself? Must I abide in thee, and thou in me? Must we be of one soul, and of one spirit? Is it enough that I must always repose myself in the bosom of thy sweetest affections, that I should always be enclosed in the embraces of thy choicest love, that I should be ever wrapt up in thy tender mercies? But must I so dwell with thee, and wilt thou so dwell in me, as to be made an equal sharer in thy bliss, a partner in thy glory? What is man, that thou shouldst so regard him? What am I, that thou shouldst so remember me? Lord, let thy mercies so constrain me, that all my affections may run out into thee, and all my strength may run out for thee.—Sel.