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communicate_v his_o grace_n to_o make_v thou_o partaker_n of_o his_o divinity_n he_o come_v to_o cure_v thy_o sore_n and_o infirmity_n he_o come_v to_o give_v remedy_n to_o thy_o necessity_n he_o come_v to_o unite_v himself_o unto_o thou_o he_o come_v to_o deify_v thou_o behold_v then_o the_o infinity_n of_o his_o divine_a goodness_n who_o thus_o melt_v himself_o in_o communication_n with_o his_o creature_n behold_v what_o be_v here_o give_v thou_o and_o for_o what_o it_o be_v give_v thou_o god_n give_v himself_o unto_o thou_o that_o thou_o may_v be_v all_o divine_a and_o nothing_o leave_v in_o thou_o of_o earth_n in_o other_o benefit_n god_n bestow_v his_o particular_a gift_n upon_o thou_o but_o here_o he_o give_v thou_o himself_o that_o thou_o may_v also_o give_v thyself_o unto_o he_o and_o be_v whole_o he_o if_o from_o the_o incarnation_n of_o the_o son_n of_o god_n we_o gather_v the_o great_a love_n he_o bear_v unto_o mankind_n pass_v for_o his_o sake_n from_o that_o height_n of_o greatness_n unto_o that_o depth_n of_o humiliation_n as_o to_o enclose_v himself_o in_o the_o womb_n of_o a_o virgin_n behold_v how_o in_o this_o he_o love_v thou_o since_o to_o sustain_v thou_o in_o the_o life_n of_o grace_n he_o have_v make_v himself_o the_o true_a food_n of_o thy_o soul_n and_o come_v from_o the_o right_a hand_n of_o the_o eternal_a father_n to_o enclose_v himself_o in_o thy_o most_o impure_a breast_n jesus_n christ_n come_v also_o to_o make_v thou_o one_o body_n with_o himself_o that_o thou_o may_v after_o a_o admirable_a manner_n be_v unite_v unto_o he_o and_o make_v partaker_n not_o only_o of_o his_o spirit_n but_o of_o his_o blood_n that_o which_o this_o consideration_n ought_v to_o work_v in_o the_o breast_n of_o a_o