“He loves us because He loves us.

The root of all divine love to us lieth only in the bosom of God.”

–Thomas Brooks, “A Matchless Portion,” in The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks, Volume 2, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart (Carlisle, PA: Banner of Truth, 1866/1980), 2: 40. Brooks is preaching from Lamentations 3:24.