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be_v to_o be_v receive_v by_o use_v it_o let_v they_o mortify_v themselves_o and_o know_v that_o not_o sensible_a devotion_n but_o the_o purity_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v to_o be_v seek_v as_o the_o chief_a end_n in_o this_o sacrament_n but_o if_o it_o proceed_v from_o a_o impatient_a desire_n and_o violent_a love_n that_o content_v not_o itself_o in_o any_o but_o in_o the_o lord_n if_o there_o be_v purity_n of_o life_n the_o gift_n of_o prayer_n a_o evident_a profit_n by_o the_o communion_n the_o edification_n of_o other_o and_o no_o scandal_n give_v to_o other_o which_o do_v persuade_v we_o that_o these_o desire_n proceed_v from_o god_n he_o may_v then_o very_o well_o use_v it_o more_o often_o so_o that_o he_o live_v in_o such_o sort_n as_o he_o may_v be_v a_o example_n to_o other_o but_o howsoever_o either_o of_o these_o sort_n receive_v it_o let_v they_o ever_o have_v that_o of_o chrysostome_n in_o mind_n who_o shall_v we_o make_v most_o account_n of_o those_o who_o once_o or_o 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