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of_o god_n will_v pray_v for_o he_o chapt_n xx._n o_o bright_a and_o beautiful_a house_n of_o god_n i_o have_v love_v thy_o beauty_n and_o the_o place_n of_o the_o habitation_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o my_o lord_n god_n the_o possessor_n and_o builder_n of_o thou_o let_v my_o pilgrimage_n day_n and_o night_n sigh_v after_o thou_o let_v my_o hart_n long_o after_o thou_o let_v my_o mind_n think_v of_o thou_o let_v my_o soul_n desire_n to_o attain_v to_o the_o bless_a felowshipp_n of_o thy_o felicity_n i_o say_v to_o he_o that_o have_v make_v thou_o that_o he_o vouchsafe_v to_o possess_v i_o in_o thou_o because_o he_o have_v make_v both_o i_o and_o thou_o nay_o rather_o do_v thou_o speak_v to_o he_o do_v thou_o entreat_v he_o to_o make_v i_o worthy_a to_o
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he_o again_o what_o man_n be_v there_o albeit_o his_o heart_n be_v as_o hard_a as_o a_o stone_n who_o the_o love_n of_o god_n thus_o prevent_v he_o do_v not_o mollify_v and_o soften_v especial_o such_o vehement_a love_n that_o for_o man_n sake_n he_o have_v vouchsafe_v to_o become_v a_o man_n who_o can_v possible_o think_v man_n worthy_a of_o hatred_n who_o nature_n and_o similitude_n he_o see_v in_o the_o humanity_n of_o god_n very_o he_o hate_v god_n that_o hate_v man_n and_o so_o whatsoever_o he_o do_v he_o do_v but_o in_o vain_a for_o god_n become_v man_n for_o the_o love_n of_o man_n that_o he_o that_o be_v our_o creator_n may_v be_v likewise_o our_o redeemer_n to_o the_o end_n man_n may_v be_v redeem_v by_o one_o of_o his_o own_o nature_n god_n likewise_o have_v appear_v in_o the_o likeness_n of_o man_n that_o he_o may_v the_o more_o familiar_o be_v belove_v of_o man_n and_o that_o both_o the_o sense_n of_o man_n may_v be_v make_v bless_v and_o delight_v in_o he_o that_o be_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o his_o divinity_n and_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o body_n in_o his_o humanity_n that_o so_o our_o human_a nature_n by_o he_o create_v may_v within_o or_o without_o find_v food_n in_o the_o same_o and_o be_v refresh_v what_o the_o send_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n do_v effect_n in_o us._n chapt_n xxvii_o our_o saviour_n therefore_o have_v be_v bear_v unto_o we_o he_o have_v likewise_o be_v crucify_v and_o have_v die_v for_o we_o that_o by_o his_o death_n he_o may_v destroy_v we_o and_o for_o that_o his_o sacred_a flesh_n as_o a_o cluster_n of_o grape_n be_v carry_v to_o the_o press_n of_o the_o cross_n and_o by_o the_o press_n of_o his_o passion_n the_o sweet_a wine_n of_o his_o divinity_n begin_v to_o run_v the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v send_v to_o make_v ready_a the_o vessel_n of_o man_n heart_n that_o the_o new_a wine_n may_v be_v put_v into_o new_a vessel_n first_o that_o man_n heart_n may_v be_v make_v clean_o that_o the_o wine_n may_v not_o be_v spill_v 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the_o holy_a ghost_n be_v joy_n and_o love_n expel_v from_o thou_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o devil_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o this_o world_n that_o thou_o may_v receive_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n the_o spirit_n of_o the_o devil_n do_v cause_v the_o joy_n of_o iniquity_n and_o the_o spirit_n of_o the_o world_n do_v cause_v the_o joy_n of_o vanity_n and_o both_o these_o joy_n be_v amiss_o for_o that_o the_o one_o of_o they_o be_v wicked_a and_o the_o other_o a_o occasion_n of_o wickedness_n these_o evil_a spirit_n therefore_o be_v expel_v the_o spirit_n of_o god_n will_v come_v and_o enter_v into_o the_o tabernacle_n of_o our_o heart_n causs_v a_o good_a joy_n and_o a_o good_a love_n therein_o by_o which_o be_v expel_v the_o love_n of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o love_n of_o sin_n the_o love_n of_o the_o world_n allure_v and_o deceive_v the_o love_n of_o sin_n defile_v and_o lead_v unto_o death_n but_o conrrary_o the_o love_n of_o god_n enlighten_v the_o mind_n cleanse_v the_o 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