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mysticâ_fw-la theologiâ_fw-la cum_fw-la deo_fw-la quasi_fw-la ignoto_fw-la conjungimur_fw-la quod_fw-la quidem_fw-la contingit_fw-la cum_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la quid_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la cognoscimus_fw-la quid_fw-la vero_fw-la sit_fw-la penitùs_fw-la manet_fw-la ignotum_fw-la unde_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la sublimissimae_fw-la cognitionis_fw-la ignorantiam_fw-la demonstrandam_fw-la dicitur_fw-la de_fw-fr mose_n exod_n 20._o quod_fw-la accessit_fw-la ad_fw-la caliginem_fw-la in_o qua_fw-la deus_fw-la er_fw-mi at_z in_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o divine_a essence_n we_o must_v chief_o use_v the_o way_n of_o negation_n for_o the_o divine_a essence_n through_o its_o immensity_n do_v exceed_v every_o form_n that_o our_o understanding_n can_v conceive_v so_o that_o we_o can_v apprehend_v it_o by_o know_v what_o it_o be_v but_o after_o a_o sort_n we_o have_v the_o knowledge_n thereof_o by_o know_v what_o it_o be_v not_o and_o so_o much_o near_a do_v we_o approach_v to_o 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