and good to us in particular, as he had occasionally intercourse
with us: we must be other creatures than we are, or we could not
but feel the same kind of satisfaction and enjoyment (whatever would
be the degree of it) from this higher acquaintance and friendship as
we feel from common ones, the intercourse being real and the persons
equally present in both cases. We should have a more ardent desire
to be approved by his better judgment, and a satisfaction in that
approbation of the same sort with what would be felt in respect to
common persons, or be wrought in us by their presence.

Let us now raise the character, and suppose this creature, for we
are still going on with the supposition of a creature, our proper
guardian and governor; that we were in a progress of being towards
somewhat further; and that his scheme of government was too vast for
our capacities to comprehend: remembering still that he is
perfectly good, and our friend as well as our governor. Wisdom,
power, goodness, accidentally viewed anywhere, would inspire
reverence, awe, love; and as these affections would be raised in
higher or lower degrees in proportion as we had occasionally more or
less intercourse with the creature endued with those qualities, so
this further consideration and knowledge that he was our proper
guardian and governor would much more bring these objects and
qualities home to ourselves; teach us they had a greater respect to
us in particular, that we had a higher interest in that wisdom and
power and goodness. We should, with joy, gratitude, reverence,
love, trust, and dependence, appropriate the character, as what we
had a right in, and make our boast in such our relation to it. And
the conclusion of the whole would be that we should refer ourselves
implicitly to him, and cast ourselves entirely upon him. As the
whole attention of life should be to obey his commands, so the