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nisi_fw-la ea_fw-la expressius_fw-la legant_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la experientiae_fw-la quos_fw-la ipsa_fw-la docet_fw-la unctio_fw-la quod_fw-la nec_fw-la absâ—ndi_fw-la potest_fw-la nec_fw-la sermonibus_fw-la aperiri_fw-la say_v s._n gregory_n c._n of_o the_o same_o grace_n and_o s._n austin_n 31._o pulchritudinis_fw-la ejus_fw-la contemplatione_fw-la beatissimi_fw-la quae_fw-la nisi_fw-la sanctorum_fw-la intellectu_fw-la percipi_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la yet_o notwithstanding_o this_o the_o person_n who_o have_v receive_v such_o heavenly_a caress_n have_v be_v induce_v as_o well_o as_o they_o can_v to_o declare_v they_o to_o other_o though_o with_o much_o reluctance_n of_o their_o humility_n upon_o a_o triple_a account_n 1._o either_o induce_v to_o discover_v they_o in_o confession_n out_o of_o fear_n of_o some_o delusion_n in_o such_o extraordinary_a elevation_n as_o be_v well_o know_v in_o the_o long_a trial_n of_o that_o great_a saint_n of_o god_n teresa_n who_o praise_n be_v 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