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admit_v i_o say_v that_o if_o we_o only_o consider_v the_o love_n of_o god_n in_o that_o manner_n as_o we_o do_v in_o man_n as_o draw_v from_o exterior_a object_n yet_o will_v it_o be_v a_o matter_n of_o a_o marvellous_a value_n to_o be_v receive_v into_o the_o heart_n of_o god_n and_o to_o be_v conform_v to_o the_o diviniâ—y_n but_o when_o divinity_n tell_v we_o that_o this_o love_n produce_v of_o god_n be_v the_o substance_n of_o god_n receive_v in_o god_n hinself_n and_o inseparable_a from_o his_o essence_n what_o greatness_n and_o what_o purity_n must_v we_o conceive_v in_o this_o love_n of_o god_n and_o if_o he_o will_v that_o this_o same_o love_n which_o be_v all_o his_o shall_v be_v not_o only_o the_o object_n but_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o we_o by_o the_o infusion_n 8._o charitas_fw-la dei_fw-la dâ—ffusa_fw-la est_fw-la in_o cordibus_fw-la nostris_fw-la per_fw-la spiritum_fw-la sanâ—tum_fw-la rom._n 5._o 8._o he_o work_v in_o our_o heart_n o_o how_o much_o shame_n ought_v we_o to_o have_v so_o to_o defile_v our_o love_n with_o contamination_n and_o impurity_n of_o the_o earth_n second_o you_o must_v know_v this_o love_n be_v most_o simple_a and_o total_o as_o well_o in_o this_o unity_n as_o in_o the_o essence_n of_o god_n and_o although_o he_o love_v creature_n as_o the_o token_n and_o footstep_n of_o his_o bounty_n which_o be_v in_o kind_n so_o manifold_a in_o multitude_n so_o innumerable_a yet_o be_v he_o not_o divide_v nor_o sever_v because_o he_o gather_v all_o those_o creature_n together_o in_o his_o bosom_n where_o their_o beginning_n and_o end_n be_v and_o therein_o unit_v they_o as_o ray_n of_o his_o benignity_n contract_v and_o draw_v together_o into_o one_o centre_n in_o a_o burning-glasse_n 3._o monas_n genuis_fw-la monadem_fw-la &_o in_o se_fw-la suum_fw-la reflexit_fw-la amorem_fw-la it_o a_o explicat_fw-la s._n thom_n 1._o part_n 9_o 23._o fornacem_fw-la custodiens_fw-la in_o operibus_fw-la ardoris_fw-la eccl._n 43._o 3._o thereupon_o 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