"When religious passions, namely, love, desire, hope and delight are exalted in the highest degree, and agitate the soul with the greatest vehemence, while reason presides as sovereign, holds the reins, and directs all their motions; this is so far from being a wild and extravagant temper of mind, that it is a most rational and praise-worthy enthusiasm, and the nearest resemblance of the happiness of the bless'd in Heaven, that we can find in this life."
Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books
Only 1 entry in ESTC (1722).<br>
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See Richard Blackmore, <u>Redemption: A Divine Poem, in Six Books</u> (London: A. Bettesworth and James MackEuen, 1722). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T74301">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112275719&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;