Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ To conform, therefore, to the great end of our creation, we must prefer God to ourselves, and not desire our own happiness, but for his glory; otherwise we shall go contrary to his order. As the perfections of the Deity are intrinsically amiable, it is our glory and perfection to go out of ourselves, to be lost and absorbed in the pure love of infinite beauty. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ On the habitual state of disinterested divine love, the attainment of which was said to be inculcated in Fenelon's writtings, Fenelon himself uniformly declared his opinion that a permanent state of divine love, without hope, and without fear, was above the lot of man; and Bossuet himself allowed that there might be moments, when a soul, dedicated to the love of God, would be lost in heavenly contemplation, and love, and adore without being influenced either by hope or fear, or being sensible of either. ”
Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions and Religious Denominations… (1817)
“ To prove, that our love to the Deity must be disinterested, they allege, that the Lord hath made al things for himself, as saith the scripture; and it is for his glory, that he wills our happiness is only a subordinate end, which he has made relative to the last and great end, which is his glory. ”
