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Had the Sun been made one infinite flame it had been worse than it is, for there had been no living; it had filled all space, and devoured all other things. So that it is far better being finite, than if it were infinite.

Even as the sea within a finite shore

Is far the better cause it is no more.

Whence we may easily perceive the Divine Wisdom hath achieved things more than infinite in goodness and beauty, as a sure token of their perfect excellency.

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Centuries Of Meditations

Traherne's extraordinary prose meditations on the glory of creation, the blessedness of divine love, and the soul's capacity for infinite joy in God. Written in the 17th century but not discovered until 1896-1897, this mystical masterpiece celebrates the wonder of existence and the felicity of …

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