The sense of divine favour increases in me every moment. My pains are tolerable and my joys inestimable. I am no more vexed with earthly cares. I remember when any new book came out, how earnestly I have longed after it -- but now all that is but dust. Thou art my all, O Lord; my good is to approach unto Thee. O what a library I have in God, in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge! Thou art the teacher of spirits -- I have learned more in these last ten days than I did in fifty years before.
Andrew Rivet (1573-1651): a leading Dutch theologian of his time. Recorded by his neice Sat 7 Jan 1651, several hours before his death. Quoted in Archibald Alexander, 'Thoughts on Religious Experience', (1884, republished Oxford: Banner of Truth, 1989)
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