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strepitu_fw-la syllabarum_fw-la conf._n s._n aug._n b._n 11._o c._n 3._o the_o light_n of_o truth_n which_o lighten_v all_o the_o world_n enlighten_v he_o also_o and_o the_o voice_n of_o nature_n which_o speak_v neither_o greek_a nor_o scythian_a etc._n etc._n speak_v to_o he_o as_o to_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n in_o a_o very_a intelligible_a tongue_n whatever_o reproach_n the_o scythian_n can_v fasten_v upon_o he_o about_o his_o conduct_n they_o only_o speak_v to_o his_o ear_n because_o god_n speak_v not_o to_o his_o heart_n or_o rather_o god_n speak_v to_o his_o heart_n but_o he_o only_o harken_v to_o the_o scythian_n who_o do_v nothing_o but_o exasperate_v his_o passion_n and_o unman_v he_o so_o that_o he_o hear_v not_o the_o voice_n of_o truth_n although_o it_o thunder_v within_o he_o nor_o do_v he_o see_v her_o light_n although_o it_o pierce_v he_o through_o it_o be_v true_a our_o union_n with_o god_n diminish_v and_o weaken_v by_o degree_n according_a as_o that_o which_o we_o have_v with_o sensible_a thing_n increase_v and_o strengthen_v but_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o that_o union_n shall_v be_v whole_o break_v without_o the_o dissolution_n of_o our_o be_v for_o though_o such_o as_o be_v plunge_v in_o vice_n and_o indulge_v their_o pleasure_n be_v insensible_a of_o truth_n they_o be_v nevertheless_o unite_v to_o it_o 35._o it_o videtur_fw-la quasi_fw-la ipse_fw-la à _fw-la te_fw-la occidere_fw-la cum_fw-la tu_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la occidas_fw-la au._n in_o ps_n 25_o nam_fw-la etiam_fw-la sol_fw-la iste_fw-la &_o videntis_fw-la faciem_fw-la illustrat_fw-la &_o caesi_fw-la ambobus_fw-la sol_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la praesene_a sole_a unus_fw-la absens_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la &_o sapientia_fw-la dei_fw-la dominus_fw-la j._n c._n ubique_fw-la praesens_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la ubique_fw-la est_fw-la veritas_fw-la ubique_fw-la sapientia_fw-la aug._n in_o joan._n tract_n 35._o it_o do_v not_o forsake_v they_o but_o they_o forsake_v it_o it_o be_v light_n shine_v in_o darkness_n but_o it_o do_v not_o always_o expel_v it_o just_o as_o the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n encompass_n the_o blind_a and_o those_o that_o close_v their_o eye_n though_o it_o enlighten_v neither_o work_n neither_o what_o i_o say_v in_o this_o place_n of_o the_o two_o union_n of_o the_o mind_n with_o god_n and_o with_o the_o body_n be_v to_o be_v understand_v according_a to_o the_o common_a way_n of_o conceive_a thing_n for_o it_o be_v certain_a the_o mind_n can_v only_o be_v immediate_o unite_v to_o god_n i_o mean_v the_o mind_n only_o depend_v true_o on_o god_n and_o if_o it_o be_v unite_v to_o the_o body_n or_o if_o it_o depend_v on_o it_o it_o be_v because_o the_o will_n of_o god_n efficacious_o cause_v that_o union_n or_o that_o dependence_n this_o will_v be_v easy_o apprehend_v by_o the_o sequel_n of_o this_o work_n the_o union_n of_o our_o mind_n with_o our_o body_n be_v the_o same_o this_o union_n diminish_v by_o degree_n as_o that_o which_o 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his_o sense_n who_o follow_v the_o motion_n of_o his_o passion_n in_o all_o thing_n who_o perceive_v nothing_o but_o what_o he_o feel_v and_o who_o love_v nothing_o but_o what_o flatter_v he_o be_v in_o the_o most_o wretched_a disposition_n of_o mind_n that_o he_o can_v possible_o be_v in_o in_o that_o condition_n he_o be_v at_o a_o vast_a distance_n from_o truth_n and_o from_o his_o good_n but_o when_o a_o man_n only_a judge_n of_o thing_n by_o the_o pure_a 10._o pure_a quis_fw-la enim_fw-la bene_fw-la se_fw-la inspiciens_fw-la non_fw-la expertus_fw-la est_fw-la tanto_fw-la se_fw-la aliquid_fw-la intellexisse_fw-la sincerius_fw-la quanto_fw-la removere_fw-la atq_fw-la subducere_fw-la intentionem_fw-la mentis_fw-la à _fw-la corporis_fw-la sensibus_fw-la potuit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr immort_n animae_fw-la ch._n 10._o idea_n of_o the_o mind_n when_o he_o careful_o avoid_v the_o confuse_a noise_n of_o creature_n and_o look_v within_o himself_o hearken_v to_o his_o sovereign_a master_n in_o the_o silence_n of_o his_o sense_n and_o passion_n it_o be_v impossible_a for_o he_o to_o fall_v into_o error_n god_n never_o deceive_v those_o who_o interrogate_v he_o by_o a_o serious_a application_n and_o by_o a_o entire_a conversion_n of_o their_o mind_n towards_o he_o though_o they_o do_v not_o always_o hear_v his_o answer_n but_o when_o the_o mind_n remove_v from_o god_n diffuse_v itself_o external_o when_o it_o only_o interrogate_v the_o body_n to_o learn_v truth_n harken_v only_o to_o its_o sense_n its_o imagination_n and_o passion_n which_o continual_o speak_v to_o it_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v deceive_v wisdom_n truth_n perfection_n and_o felicity_n be_v not_o good_n that_o can_v be_v expect_v from_o the_o body_n he_o alone_o who_o be_v above_o we_o and_o from_o who_o we_o have_v a_o be_v can_v give_v it_o perfection_n this_o be_v what_o 50._o what_o principium_fw-la creaturae_fw-la intellectualis_fw-la est_fw-la aeterna_fw-la sapientia_fw-la quod_fw-la principium_fw-la manens_fw-la in_o se_fw-la incommutabiter_n nullo_n modo_fw-la cessat_fw-la occulta_fw-la inspiratione_n vocationis_fw-la lequi_fw-la ei_fw-la creaturae_fw-la cvi_fw-la principium_fw-la
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