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A new form of meditations for every day in the year. Written originally in French by F. John Crasset. And put into English at the request of several persons of honour and quality, by a well-wisher to devotion.

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Title
A new form of meditations for every day in the year. Written originally in French by F. John Crasset. And put into English at the request of several persons of honour and quality, by a well-wisher to devotion.
Author
Crasset, Jean, 1618-1692.
Publication
London : Printed for William Grantham, in Cock-Pit Alley, near Drury-Lane,
MDCLXXXV [i.e. 1685]
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Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
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"A new form of meditations for every day in the year. Written originally in French by F. John Crasset. And put into English at the request of several persons of honour and quality, by a well-wisher to devotion." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B02468.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 2, 2024.

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CXLII. MED. Of the Ʋnity of Love.
LOve comes from Unity: tends to Unity: Reposes in Unity: conserves it self by Unity.
A strait heart cannot be bowed. A pure heart cannot be stained. A free heart cannot be captivated. A single heart cannot be divided. Wo unto those that have a double heart. God's heart cannot love them.
No man can have two Heavens. No man can serve two Masters. No man can have two Spouses. No man can love God and the World. There must be but one Soul to one Body. But one Sun to the Universe. But one King in a State. But one Governour in a Place. But one Shepherd to one Flock. But one Pilot to one Ship. But one Love to one Heart. But one God to one Creature.
You will, say you, give God half your heart. Ah! did not God create the other half? Did God redeem but half your heart? Will God save but half your heart?

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Did God give you but half his heart? Ah! why will you give him but half of yours? Is the heart of a man too much for God?
O the God of my Heart! You have always been mine, And I have never been yours. I have made to my self as many Idols, As I have loved Creatures. I have divided my Faith, When I divided my Charity. I destroy'd both the one and the other, When I divided them. Ah! I lost my self, when I did not love you.
I will henceforth, O my God, Love you with all my heart. I will never more divide my affections. All to all. One to one. One alone to one alone. This is the Device of my heart, O my God, and my All. Since you have given me your whole heart, Which is so great: 'Tis very just that I should give you all mine, That is so small.

No man can serve two Masters. Matth. 6.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart. Matth. 22.

How long do you halt on both sides? if our Lord is God, serve him, &c. 3 Kings. 18.

Wo unto the double hearted. Eccl. 2.

Their heart is divided, now they will perish. Os. 10.

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