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glory_n and_o felicity_n great_a then_o be_v their_o prerogative_n who_o salute_v she_o so_o and_o great_a shall_v their_o merit_n be_v if_o they_o do_v it_o with_o that_o due_a devotion_n and_o reverence_n as_o they_o ought_v how_o in_o the_o like_a manner_n we_o be_v to_o reverence_n god_n as_o also_o the_o saint_n in_o heaven_n chap._n fourteen_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o interiour_n &_o exterior_a reverence_n we_o be_v to_o honour_v the_o mother_n with_o all_o let_v we_o make_v application_n of_o they_o unto_o god_n himself_o with_o the_o sovereign_a honour_n of_o latria_n due_a to_o his_o most_o divine_a majesty_n we_o must_v then_o procure_v to_o reverence_v he_o so_o as_o these_o exterior_a devotion_n may_v proceed_v from_o the_o redundancy_n of_o the_o interiour_n to_o which_o effect_n be_v fore_o we_o put_v in_o practice_v the_o foresay_a reverence_n we_o be_v to_o fix_v our_o interior_a eye_n on_o the_o majesty_n of_o alm._n god_n confider_v his_o immense_a greatness_n &_o 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