I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. [...] I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous.

“I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. [...] I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous.”

I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. [...] I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since without virtue man can have no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous.

Year: 1728
Context: Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion
Shortlink: http://fq1.us/g1

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Keywords: believe, created, delights in the happiness, happiness, He delights to see me virtuous, He is pleased, Supreme most perfect being, without virtue