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over_o thou_o come_v then_o o_o shunammite_n stay_v i_o with_o flagon_n and_o comfort_v i_o with_o apple_n for_o i_o be_o sick_a of_o love_n kiss_v i_o with_o the_o kiss_n of_o thy_o mouth_n for_o thy_o love_n be_v better_a than_o wine_n show_v i_o o_o thou_o who_o my_o soul_n love_v where_o thou_o feed_v where_o thou_o lie_v at_o noon_n thus_o with_o solomon_n in_o a_o canticle_n and_o with_o david_n in_o a_o psalm_n let_v be_v the_o rapture_n of_o thy_o soul_n which_o as_o in_o trance_n shall_v be_v catch_v up_o to_o heaven_n as_o be_v philip_n by_o the_o spirit_n or_o abdias_n by_o the_o angel_n and_o with_o a_o heroical_a alacrity_n temper_v with_o a_o gracious_a humility_n give_v up_o thy_o soul_n to_o god_n and_o bid_v farewell_n to_o the_o world_n it_o be_v s._n bernard_n i_o shall_v never_o true_o joy_v till_o i_o hear_v this_o word_n come_v you_o bless_v nor_o cease_v to_o sorrow_n till_o this_o be_v past_a go_v you_o curse_v die_v saint_n stephen_n before_o his_o eye_n be_v 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complacency_n as_o they_o strive_v to_o act_v this_o as_o the_o way_n of_o a_o new_a life_n sometime_o before_o their_o death_n insomuch_o as_o the_o votary_n will_v say_v never_o be_v saint_n but_o have_v ecstasy_n and_o ravishment_n of_o life_n before_o his_o death_n they_o labour_v by_o a_o liquefaction_n of_o their_o soul_n into_o god_n to_o insoule_v themselves_o in_o god_n to_o put_v their_o fowl_n out_o of_o the_o natural_a comportment_n of_o the_o body_n and_o so_o to_o live_v in_o divine_a ecstasy_n without_o live_v in_o the_o body_n some_o so_o live_v as_o it_o be_v doubt_v whether_o they_o be_v living-man_n dead_a or_o deadman_n live_v nay_o some_o with_o fervency_n of_o spirit_n be_v transport_v into_o such_o ecstasy_n that_o their_o soul_n be_v whole_o conversant_a in_o divine_a contemplation_n they_o care_v not_o to_o afford_v common_a assistance_n to_o nature_n and_o so_o have_v dye_v through_o exinanition_n and_o want_n of_o strength_n thus_o do_v love_n perform_v the_o 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