Excerpt from The Works of William Paley, Vol. 5 of 6: With Additional Sermons, Etc;, And a Corrected Account of the Life and Writings of the Author
Have I not remembered the in my bed and thought upon thee when I was waking?
The life of God in the soul of man, as it is sometimes emphatically called, the Christian life, that is, or the progress of Christianity in the heart of any particular person, is marked, amongst other things, by religion gradually gaining possession of the thoughts. It has been said, that, if we thought about religion as it deserved, we should never think about any thing else; nor with strictness, perhaps, can we deny the truth of this proposition. Religious concerns do so surpass and outweigh in value and importance all concerns beside, that, did they occupy a place in our minds proportioned to that importance, they would, in truth, exclude every other but themselves. I am not, therefore, one of those who wonder when I see a man engrossed with religion; the wonder with me is, that men care and think so little concerning it.
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