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283_o etc._n etc._n 322_o etc._n etc._n 328_o etc._n etc._n 543_o etc._n etc._n whether_o christ_n in_o the_o state_n of_o his_o humiliation_n be_v both_o comprehensor_fw-la and_o viator_n off_o 292_o 346_o 347_o etc._n etc._n 525._o whether_o christ_n be_v always_o comprehensor_fw-la upon_o earth_n be_v in_o a_o capacity_n to_o pray_v off_o 293_o etc._n etc._n whether_o christ_n be_v still_o god_n as_o well_o as_o man_n it_o be_v convenient_a for_o he_o to_o pray_v and_o god_n have_v so_o decree_v and_o christ_n de_fw-fr facto_fw-la do_v pray_v and_o for_o himself_o as_o well_o as_o other_o and_o with_o a_o difference_n off_o p._n 296_o 297_o 298_o 299_o 300._o whether_o christ_n in_o truth_n and_o reality_n and_o not_o in_o show_n do_v pray_v for_o a_o removal_n of_o that_o cup_n of_o his_o passion_n which_o he_o know_v his_o father_n have_v determine_v he_o shall_v drink_v and_o when_o himself_o come_v into_o the_o world_n for_o that_o very_a purpose_n off_o p_o 301_o etc._n etc._n 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etiam_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o viâ_fw-la hoc_fw-la praeceptum_fw-la non_fw-la implet_fw-la nihil_fw-la contra_fw-la divinam_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la agens_fw-la non_fw-la peccat_fw-la mortaliter_fw-la ad_fw-la tertium_fw-la dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la sicut_fw-la dicit_fw-la augustinus_n in_o lib._n de_fw-fr perfectione_n justitiae_fw-la cur_n non_fw-la praeciperetur_fw-la homini_fw-la ista_fw-la perfectio_fw-la quamvis_fw-la eam_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vitâ_fw-la nemo_fw-la habeat_fw-la non_fw-la enim_fw-la rectè_fw-la curritur_fw-la si_fw-la quo_fw-la currendum_fw-la est_fw-la nesciatur_fw-la quomodo_fw-la autem_fw-la sciretur_fw-la si_fw-la nullis_fw-la praeceptis_fw-la ostenderetur_fw-la so_o again_o in_o the_o same_o question_n art_n 4._o in_o respon_n ad_fw-la secundum_fw-la dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la contingit_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n deum_fw-la diligere_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la totum_fw-la cor_fw-la hominis_fw-la semper_fw-la actualiter_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la feratur_fw-la &_o ista_fw-la est_fw-la perfectio_fw-la patriae_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la ut_fw-la habitualiter_fw-la totum_fw-la cor_fw-la hominis_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la feratur_fw-la ita_fw-la scil_n quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la contra_fw-la dei_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la cor_fw-la hominis_fw-la recipiat_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la perfectio_fw-la viae_fw-la cvi_fw-la non_fw-la contrariatur_fw-la veniale_a peccatum_fw-la quia_fw-la non_fw-la tollit_fw-la habitum_fw-la charitatis_fw-la cum_fw-la non_fw-la tendat_fw-la in_o oppositum_fw-la objectum_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la impedit_fw-la charitatis_fw-la usum_fw-la so_o again_o ibid._n ad_fw-la tertium_fw-la dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la perfectio_fw-la charitatis_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la ordinantur_fw-la consilia_fw-la est_fw-la media_fw-la inter_fw-la dvas_fw-la perfectiones_fw-la praedictas_fw-la ut_fw-la sc_fw-la homo_fw-la quantum_fw-la possibile_fw-la est_fw-la se_fw-la abstrahat_fw-la à _fw-la rebus_fw-la temporalibus_fw-la etiam_fw-la licitis_fw-la quae_fw-la occupando_fw-la animum_fw-la impediunt_fw-la actualem_fw-la motum_fw-la cordis_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la so_o again_o 2._o 2._o q._n 24._o art_n 8._o utrum_fw-la charitas_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vitâ_fw-la possit_fw-la esse_fw-la perfecta_fw-la and_o he_o determine_v it_o in_o the_o affirmative_a from_o the_o authority_n of_o saint_n austin_n the_o answer_n to_o it_o in_o corpore_fw-la be_v this_o loc_n this_o to_o this_o very_a purpose_n see_v also_o 2_o 2._o q._n 184._o art_n 2._o in_o corp._n &_o cajetan_n in_o loc_n dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la perfectio_fw-la charitatis_fw-la potest_fw-la intelligi_fw-la dupliciter_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la diligibilis_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la ex_fw-la parte_fw-la diligentis_fw-la exit_fw-la parte_fw-la quidem_fw-la diligibilis_fw-la perfecta_fw-la est_fw-la charitas_fw-la ut_fw-la diligatur_fw-la aliquid_fw-la quantum_fw-la diligibile_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la autem_fw-la tantum_fw-la diligibilis_fw-la est_fw-la quantum_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la bonitas_fw-la autem_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la infinita_fw-la unde_fw-la per_fw-la hunc_fw-la modum_fw-la nullius_fw-la creaturae_fw-la charitas_fw-la potest_fw-la esse_fw-la perfecta_fw-la sed_fw-la solum_fw-la charitas_fw-la dei_fw-la quâ_fw-la seipsum_fw-la diligit_fw-la exit_fw-la parte_fw-la vero_fw-la diligentis_fw-la tunc_fw-la est_fw-la charitas_fw-la perfecta_fw-la quando_fw-la diligit_fw-la tantum_fw-la quantum_fw-la potest_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la contingit_fw-la tripliciter_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la sic_fw-la quod_fw-la totum_fw-la cor_fw-la hominis_fw-la actualiter_fw-la semper_fw-la feratur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la est_fw-la perfectio_fw-la charitatis_fw-la patriae_fw-la quae_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la possibilis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vitâ_fw-la in_fw-la quâ_fw-la impossibile_fw-it est_fw-la propter_fw-la humanae_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la infirmitatem_fw-la 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the_o follow_a article_n 9_o utrum_fw-la convenienter_fw-la distinguantur_fw-la tres_fw-la gradus_fw-la charitatis_fw-la incipiens_fw-la proficiens_fw-la &_o perfectà _fw-la he_o resolve_v it_o in_o the_o affirmative_a from_o the_o authority_n of_o saint_n austin_n the_o answer_n in_o corp._n be_v this_o dicendum_fw-la quod_fw-la spiritual_fw-la augmentum_fw-la charitatis_fw-la considerari_fw-la potest_fw-la quantum_fw-la ad_fw-la aliquid_fw-la simile_n corporali_fw-la hominis_fw-la augmento_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la quamvis_fw-la in_o plurimas_fw-la part_n distingui_fw-la possit_fw-la habet_fw-la tamen_fw-la aliquas_fw-la determinatas_fw-la distinctiones_fw-la secundum_fw-la determinatas_fw-la actiones_fw-la vel_fw-la studia_fw-la ad_fw-la quae_fw-la homo_fw-la perducitur_fw-la per_fw-la augmentum_fw-la sicut_fw-la infantilis_fw-la at_o as_o dicitur_fw-la antequam_fw-la habeat_fw-la usum_fw-la rationis_fw-la postea_fw-la autem_fw-la distinguitur_fw-la alius_fw-la status_fw-la hominis_fw-la quando_fw-la jam_fw-la incipit_fw-la loqui_fw-la &_o ratione_fw-la uti_fw-la iterum_fw-la tertius_fw-la status_fw-la ejus_fw-la est_fw-la pubertas_fw-la cum_fw-la jam_fw-la incipit_fw-la posse_fw-la generare_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la deinde_fw-la quousque_fw-la perveniatur_fw-la ad_fw-la perfectum_fw-la ita_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o diversi_fw-la gradus_fw-la charitatis_fw-la distinguuntur_fw-la secundum_fw-la diversa_fw-la studia_fw-la ad_fw-la quae_fw-la homo_fw-la perducitur_fw-la per_fw-la charitatis_fw-la augmentum_fw-la nam_fw-la primo_fw-la quidem_fw-la incumbit_fw-la homini_fw-la studium_fw-la principale_v ad_fw-la recedendum_fw-la à _fw-la peccato_fw-la &_o resistendum_fw-la concupiscentiis_fw-la ejus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o contrarium_fw-la charitatis_fw-la movent_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la incipientes_fw-la in_fw-la quibus_fw-la charitas_fw-la est_fw-la nutrienda_fw-la vel_fw-la fovenda_fw-la ne_fw-la corrumpatur_fw-la secundum_fw-la autem_fw-la studium_fw-la succedit_fw-la ut_fw-la homo_fw-la principaliter_fw-la intendat_fw-la ad_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la in_fw-la bono_fw-mi proficiat_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la studium_fw-la pertinet_fw-la ad_fw-la proficientes_fw-la
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