"A single Christ is enough for a single heart; hence holy David prayed in
Psalm 86:11: “Unite my heart to fear thy name.” That is, “Let me have but one
heart and mind, and let that be Thine.”
As there are thousands of beams and rays, yet they all meet and center in the
sun. So an upright man, though he has a thousand thoughts, yet they all (by his
good will) meet in God. He has many subordinate ends—to procure a
livelihood, to preserve his credit, to provide for his children—but he has no
supreme end but God alone. Hence he has that steadiness in his resolutions,
that undistractedness in his holy duties, that consistency in his actions, and that
evenness in the frame of his heart, which miserable hypocrites cannot attain..."
Richard Steele
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