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saint_n in_o this_o sense_n do_v not_o love_n god_n for_o nothing_o but_o for_o that_o excellency_n loveliness_n and_o desireablenesse_n that_o be_v in_o he_o as_o the_o psalmist_n say_v in_o one_o particular_a psal._n 116._o 19_o i_o love_v the_o lord_n because_o so_o may_v we_o in_o general_a we_o love_v the_o lord_n because_o or_o as_o david_n in_o another_o case_n what_o have_v i_o now_o do_v be_v there_o not_o a_o cause_n if_o any_o man_n inquire_v about_o our_o love_n to_o god_n we_o may_v say_v what_o have_v we_o now_o do_v be_v there_o not_o a_o cause_n 3._o they_o differ_v in_o this_o also_o the_o love_n of_o god_n be_v like_o himself_o equal_a constant_a not_o capable_a of_o augmentation_n or_o diminution_n our_o love_v §_o 24_o be_v like_o ourselves_o unequal_a increase_a wane_a grow_a decline_a he_o like_o the_o sun_n always_o the_o same_o in_o its_o light_n though_o a_o cloud_n may_v sometime_o interpose_v we_o as_o the_o moon_n have_v its_o enlargement_n and_o 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