Quote#Love
The One Unbounded, Undivided Good
Quote byJohn Byrom · 1692–1763
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Divine Love, The Essential Characteristic of True Religion, St. 5.
English (original)
The One Unbounded, Undivided Good, By all His Creatures partly understood. If therefore Sense of its apparent Parts Raise not His Love or Worship in our Hearts, Our selfish Wills or Notions we may feast, And have no more Religion than a Beast.
— John Byrom
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