"They know by experience that true religion is a union of the soul with God, a real participation of the Divine nature, the very image of God drawn upon the soul, or, in the apostle's phrase, 'it is Christ formed within us.'" (pg. 44)
Thus, Scougal aptly terms true religion "Divine life," and for a believer, it is indeed the life of God in the soul of man.
Later, in speaking of the excellency of Divine love and how all our affections ought to be directed toward God, he says -
"But, certainly, that passion which account[s] its object a Deity, ought to be bestowed on Him who really is so... Those chains and cords of love are infinitely more glorious than liberty itself: this slavery is more noble than all the empires of the world." (pg. 73)
Thoughts?