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How God is to be loved, that command which enjoins{ the}
duty makes sufficiently plain--And what a strict observance
of this commandment is required from us, we may easily
infer from the terms in which it is expressed, and the solemn-
ity used in laying it upon us. Hear then, O Man, the first
and great commandment; hear then to it attentively,
remember it exactly, meditate upon it { ?} &
use thy very utmost efforts to fulfil it without delay;
without intermission, without end, or ever suffering
thou hast done so much, that thou art at liberty to
{ ? } from any fresh instances of thy regard to it. All
this is implied in that awakening preface, by which God
introduces in: Hear O Israels, the Lord thy God is one Lord.

The command itself { ? } this, Thous shall love the
Lord thy God with all thy Heart, & with all thy Soul,
and with all thy Mind, with all thy strength.
which is as much as to say, The Will, and the Memory,
should all be {fixed?} on this, as on their best and proper
object; that God should be the subject of our study; that
He should preside over all our inclinations, be the
ultimate end of all our desires, dwell always present
in our thoughts & reign supreme, as the governing
principle of all our actions. ina word, that we
should contemplate, and chuse, and remember
and reverence Him above all, and to make it our
business to live to Him alone.------