Wesley Corpus

thy God thanksgivings, and pay thy heart to the Most Highest" Without this he will not be pleased, though thou shouldest give him thousands of rams, or all thy substance to the poor. But with love every sacrifice is accepted, with this He ever is well pleased. Hear, O Israel, God is thy Lord ! therefore shalt thou worship him, and all worship but love is abo mination before him. Therefore, " thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ;" thou shalt not divide thy heart ; he has the right to it all ; thou mayest not alienate any part of it ; reserve for him not the largest share, but the whole of thy affections ; hadst thou more lords thou mightest have more loves than one, but if thou hast no other God, thou canst have no other love. It is written, " Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Be hold, love is the worship of thy Lord, this alone is his reasonable service ; therefore, thou shalt delight in the Lord thy God, and him only «halt thou serve. What wonder is it then, that the essential wisdom of the Father knew no mean between