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And truly, since nothing but God is eternal, nothing but God is worth the loving; and we do but a just right to our love, to pitch it upon that which can always possess us and be possessed by us, upon an object that cannot deceive our affection, and put it out of countenance by a dissolution.

Stephen Charnock — The Existence and Attributes of God: Volumes 1 & 2 Complete & Unabridged

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