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3._o n._n 2._o infuse_v prayer_n what_o p._n 4._o n._n 3._o infuse_v prayer_n be_v common_o give_v to_o mortify_v soul_n p._n 5._o n._n 4._o inferior_a part_n of_o man_n what_o p._n 99_o n._n 6._o joy_n what_o p._n 96._o joy_n suspend_v the_o sense_n p._n 74._o n._n 14._o k._n knowledge_n clear_a and_o pure_a in_o every_o degree_n of_o rapt_n p._n 66._o l._n love_n praise_v p._n 47._o n._n 15._o love_n what_o p_o 95._o n._n 2._o love_n like_o a_o flame_n ascend_v upward_o from_o the_o soul_n p._n 66._o n._n 5._o the_o effect_n of_o divine_a love._n p._n 6._o n._n 8_o &_o p._n 105._o n._n 11._o m._n marriage_n spiritual_a p._n 58._o n._n 6._o meditation_n what_o p._n 101._o n._n 8._o music_n often_o the_o cause_n of_o rapt_n p._n 69._o n._n 7_o n._n noise_z inward_o hear_v how_o it_o terrifi_v p._n 68_o n._n 6._o o._n office_n of_o the_o concupiscible_a and_o irascible_a part_n of_o man_n p._n 95._o n._n 1._o p._n prayer_n supernatural_a p._n 4._o n._n 3._o 4._o why_o do_v not_o many_o profit_n and_o receive_v great_a favour_n of_o god_n in_o prayer_n p._n 35._o n._n 15._o passion_n what_o p._n 65._o n._n 3._o power_n of_o god_n not_o to_o be_v resist_v p._n 64._o n._n 3._o the_o power_n for_o a_o long_a time_n after_o great_a rapt_n not_o themselves_o p._n 70_o n._n 8._o pain_n suspend_v the_o power_n in_o a_o certain_a rapt_v p._n 74._o n._n 14._o the_o prayer_n that_o be_v always_o after_o one_o manner_n be_v to_o be_v suspect_v p._n 88_o n._n 18._o q._n quiet_v prayer_n what_o p._n 13._o n._n 11._o 13._o &_o p._n 22._o n._n 4._o in_o what_o do_v it_o principal_o consist_v p._n 23._o n._n 5._o some_o be_v mistake_v think_v they_o lose_v their_o time_n when_o they_o do_v not_o discourse_v in_o quiet_a prayer_n p._n 26._o n._n 8._o what_o to_o do_v in_o that_o prayer_n if_o fervour_n be_v decay_a p._n 28._o n._n 9_o what_o the_o soul_n be_v to_o do_v in_o that_o quietness_n p._n 30._o n._n 10._o 11._o other_o effect_n of_o quiet_a prayer_n p._n 34._o n._n 14._o r._n recollection_n what_o p._n 8._o n._n 7._o 8._o 10._o &_o p._n 19_o n._n 1._o more_o particular_o &_o p._n 22._o n._n 4._o rapt_n with_o their_o effect_n p._n 17._o n._n 13._o &_o p._n 62._o n._n 1._o 2._o 3._o special_o &_o p._n 107._o n._n 12._o more_o clear_o rapt_n be_v not_o in_o the_o affective_a but_o know_v power_n ibid._n n._n 12._o 13._o religious_a seek_v after_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n be_v like_o dog_n return_v to_o the_o vonit_a p._n 20._o n._n 2._o 3._o revelation_n vision_n and_o speech_n intellectual_a and_o imaginary_a p._n 78._o n._n 1._o 2._o s._n sleep_n of_o the_o power_n describe_v p._n 13._o n._n 11._o &_o p._n 41._o n._n 5._o 6._o 7._o 8._o 9_o 10._o 11._o to_o 16._o solitude_n fit_a for_o contemplation_n p._n 5._o n._n 4._o 5._o the_o description_n of_o solitude_n p._n 7._o n._n 7._o spiritual_a solitude_n p_o 8._o n._n 7._o sensitive_a appetite_n what_o p._n 95._o n._n 1._o superior_a part_n of_o man_n what_o p._n 99_o n._n 6._o supernatural_a prayer_n the_o reward_n of_o purity_n and_o solitude_n p._n 5._o n._n 4._o supernatural_a prayer_n see_v prayer_n spiritual_a drunknes_n p._n 43._o n._n 8._o 9_o to_o suffer_v for_o god_n sake_n give_v great_a content_n to_o a_o soul_n in_o love_n p._n 48._o n._n 15._o simple_n soul_n be_v virtuous_a do_v more_o good_a in_o the_o church_n than_o many_o learned_a p._n 61._o n._n 9_o sadness_n what_o p._n 99_o the_o sense_n not_o lose_v in_o all_o rapt_n p._n 63._o n._n 2._o t._n the_o holy_a trinity_n often_o see_v in_o several_a vision_n p._n 64._o n._n 3._o &_o p._n 71._o 10._o to_o be_v terrify_v at_o the_o first_o receive_v of_o any_o great_a favour_n from_o god_n a_o good_a sign_n p._n 93._o 19_o s._n teresa_n dye_v of_o love_n and_o not_o of_o any_o other_o sickness_n p._n 77._o n._n 17._o v._o union_n describe_v p._n 14._o n._n 11._o 12._o &_o p._n 41._o &_o p._n 55._o n._n 1._o 2._o very_o clear_o the_o effect_n of_o union_n great_a p._n 59_o n._n 6._o 7._o 8._o the_o divine_a essence_n do_v penetrate_v the_o whole_a substance_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o some_o union_n p._n 58._o n._n 5._o union_n distinguish_v from_o extasye_n flight_n and_o rapt_n p._n 63._o n._n 2._o vision_n a_o special_a sort_n of_o they_o describe_v p._n 71._o n._n 11._o vision_n divide_v into_o outward_a and_o inward_a and_o these_o into_o imaginary_a and_o intellectual_a 78._o n._n 1._o 2._o how_o to_o discern_v when_o they_o proceed_v from_o god_n or_o the_o devil_n p._n 88_o n._n 18._o whether_o from_o god_n or_o frame_v by_o ourselves_o p._n 81._o n._n 5._o p._n 16._o those_o without_o word_n describe_v p._n 86._o n._n 10._o w._n the_o will_n what_o p._n 107._o n._n 13._o the_o whistle_n of_o god_n p._n 68_o wile_n of_o the_o devil_n discover_v by_o certain_a token_n and_o gâ—eâ—s_n p._n 78._o n_o 3._o 4._o 5._o 6._o 7._o 8._o