“Love is that powerful and prevalent passion by which all the faculties and inclinations of the soul are determined, and on which both its perfection and happiness depend. The worth and excellency of a soul is to be measured by the object of its love: he who loveth mean and sordid things doth thereby become base and vile; but a noble and well-placed affection doth advance and improve the spirit unto a conformity with the perfections which it loves.” PhilosophyBibleSanctification Book:The Life of God in the Soul of Man, or the Nature and Excellency of the Christian Religion Source: The Life of God in the Soul of Man, or the Nature and Excellency of the Christian Religion