And now, Sir, you see the absolute necessity of the gospel-doctrine of the cross; viz. of _dying to ourselves_, as the only way to life in God. This is the _one morality_ that does man any good. Fancy as many rules as you will, of modelling the moral behaviour of man, they all do nothing, because they leave nature still alive; and therefore can only help a man to an art of concealing his own inward evil. But still nature can no more change from evil to good, than darkness can work itself into light. The one work therefore is to resist and deny nature, that a _supernatural power_ may take possession of it. There is no standing still, life goes on, and is always bringing forth its _realities_, which way soever it goeth. You see the _true state_ of every natural man, whether he be _Cæsar_ or _Cato_, whether he gloriously murders others, or only stabs himself; blind nature does all the work, and must be the doer of it, till the light of God has helped them to _one common good_, in which they all willingly _unite_, _rest_, and _rejoice_. In a word, goodness is only a _sound_, and virtue a mere strife of _natural passions_, till the _spirit of love_ is the breath of every thing that lives, and moves in the heart. For love is the one only blessing, and goodness, and God of nature; and you have no true religion, are no worshipper of the one true God, but in and by that Spirit of love, which is God himself living and working in you. An Extract from Mr. LAW’s Spirit of LOVE. PART II. _A dialogue between |Theogenes|, |Eusebius|, and |Theophilus|._ _Theophilus._ MY heart embraces you both with the greatest affection, and I am much pleased at the occasion of your coming, which calls me to the most delightful subject in the world, to help both you and myself, to rejoice in that adorable Deity, whose infinite being is an infinity of mere love, an unbeginning, never-ceasing, and for ever over-flowing ocean of meekness, sweetness, delight, blessing, goodness, patience, and mercy; and all this, as so many blessed streams breaking out of the abyss of universal love. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, a triune infinity of love and goodness, for ever and ever, giving forth nothing but the same gifts of light and love, of blessing and joy, whether before or after the fall, either of angels, or men. Look at all nature, through all its height and depth, in all its variety of powers, it is what it is, for this only end, that the hidden riches, the invisible blessings, glory and love of the unsearchable God, may become visible, sensible, and manifest in it, and by it.