10. There be foure sorts of loue, two most corrupt, and too common, alas, too many: two most pure and heauenly, few, alas, be inriched with it.
VVHen shalt thou beginne, ô my soule, to loue thy God truly, who hath loued thee dearely, with that sincere loue his Maiestie will accept of, as of that loue which commeth from him, and sen∣deth thee backe to him againe? Beleeue me, ô my soule, albeit there be some, yet there are not many, who be beautified and gifted with this sort of loue, for thou must know, ô my soule, that the heart of man hath bene, and is clogged and clothed with a fourefold loue, which would be considered by our Gospellers, who pro∣fesse that they know, and loue that Christ