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fault_n but_o i_o do_v not_o know_v if_o they_o shall_v not_o do_v as_o well_o to_o take_v notice_n of_o all_o their_o fault_n as_o of_o their_o virtue_n to_o hinder_v thereby_o that_o man_n be_v not_o scandalize_v at_o such_o as_o appear_v in_o some_o pious_a man_n which_o we_o know_v whosoevor_n for_o example_n shall_v make_v reflection_n on_o the_o manner_n how_o three_o saint_n to_o wit_n st._n epiphanius_n st._n jerome_n and_o st._n cyril_n of_o alexandria_n act_v upon_o account_n of_o st._n john_n chrysostome_n will_v wonder_v no_o more_o that_o virtuous_a man_n be_v sometime_o prevent_v and_o fall_v sometime_o into_o excess_n and_o they_o will_v conceive_v that_o there_o be_v very_o great_a limitation_n in_o this_o passage_n charitas_fw-la operit_fw-la multitudinem_fw-la peceatorum_fw-la 20._o we_o see_v often_o in_o saint_n some_o fault_n which_o god_n see_v no_o more_o there_o whereas_o we_o see_v not_o in_o ourselves_o those_o which_o be_v true_o there_o if_o they_o commit_v fault_n through_o ignorance_n the_o heat_n of_o their_o charity_n purify_v they_o even_o without_o their_o acknowledge_v they_o and_o thus_o they_o subsist_v no_o more_o if_o they_o commit_v some_o through_o weakness_n or_o through_o some_o passion_n they_o humble_v themselves_o and_o they_o rise_v again_o more_o strong_a than_o they_o be_v before_o their_o fall_n and_o by_o this_o mean_n again_o they_o subsist_v no_o more_o but_o the_o fault_n of_o soul_n grow_v cold_a although_o more_o inconsiderable_a in_o appearance_n subsist_v always_o in_o the_o eye_n of_o god_n because_o they_o want_v this_o fire_n of_o charity_n to_o consume_v they_o and_o because_o they_o be_v not_o restore_v again_o absolute_o 27._o we_o must_v distinguish_v fault_n of_o passion_n from_o fault_n of_o darkness_n and_o fault_n of_o light_n the_o fault_n of_o understanding_n from_o fault_n of_o the_o heart_n nor_o be_v there_o proper_o any_o but_o god_n who_o can_v judge_v of_o fault_n which_o spring_n from_o ignorance_n wherein_o cupidity_n appear_v not_o to_o have_v any_o share_n at_o all_o nor_o be_v it_o permit_v for_o man_n to_o determine_v of_o the_o degree_n 22._o all_o saint_n have_v in_o their_o heart_n a_o sincere_a disposition_n to_o love_n and_o follow_v every_o know_a truth_n but_o they_o know_v not_o equal_o all_o truth_n nether_a be_v they_o equal_o appropriate_v to_o all_o those_o they_o know_v god_n enlighten_v and_o touch_v they_o different_o according_a to_o the_o several_a design_n he_o have_v upon_o they_o and_o by_o give_v they_o a_o ardent_a love_n for_o certain_a truth_n by_o which_o he_o will_v sanctify_v they_o he_o suffer_v sometime_o that_o in_o respect_n of_o other_o they_o remain_v in_o some_o kind_n of_o obscurity_n or_o in_o a_o want_n of_o judgement_n which_o come_v not_o from_o the_o corruption_n of_o their_o heart_n but_o from_o this_o that_o god_n apply_v they_o to_o other_o thing_n it_o be_v this_o that_o make_v these_o who_o love_v these_o truth_n to_o be_v oftentimes_o trouble_v to_o see_v they_o so_o little_o concern_v for_o they_o because_o they_o consider_v not_o that_o they_o themselves_o be_v in_o this_o deprivation_n of_o light_n and_o judgement_n in_o regard_n of_o many_o other_o and_o that_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n be_v limit_v and_o narrow_a in_o the_o condition_n it_o be_v in_o as_o to_o this_o life_n god_n do_v not_o exact_a that_o it_o shall_v love_v truth_n truth_n in_o all_o its_o extent_n but_o only_o that_o it_o be_v the_o love_n of_o truth_n and_o not_o cupidity_n which_o shall_v be_v the_o principal_a of_o its_o action_n 23._o when_o god_n leave_v the_o saint_n thus_o in_o ignorance_n as_o to_o many_o truth_n or_o divert_v and_o stop_v the_o occasion_n which_o may_v engage_v they_o to_o commit_v some_o fault_n through_o ignorance_n or_o hide_v by_o the_o purity_n of_o their_o heart_n and_o by_o the_o ardency_n of_o their_o charity_n those_o which_o they_o commit_v it_o happen_v nevertheless_o from_o hence_o that_o we_o may_v easy_o make_v ill_a use_n of_o their_o example_n whether_o it_o be_v in_o imagine_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o follow_v blind_o all_o they_o have_v do_v or_o in_o behave_v ourselves_o so_o as_o to_o condemn_v these_o saint_n because_o of_o these_o want_n of_o light_n but_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o of_o these_o scandal_n must_v be_v remedy_v by_o the_o consideration_n of_o this_o various_a dispensation_n which_o god_n make_v of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o this_o truth_n for_o we_o see_v by_o this_o on_o the_o one_o side_n that_o there_o may_v remain_v darkness_n in_o the_o saint_n in_o respect_n of_o certain_a point_n in_o which_o by_o consequence_n they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v take_v for_o guide_n and_o we_o have_v reason_n to_o conclude_v on_o the_o other_o that_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o those_o in_o who_o we_o perceive_v the_o want_n of_o light_n in_o respect_n of_o certain_a truth_n can_v be_v saint_n by_o the_o application_n they_o have_v to_o other_o 24._o 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