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feebleness_n and_o tenderness_n of_o the_o one_o do_v exalt_v and_o make_v more_o apparent_a the_o prudence_n and_o assurance_n of_o the_o other_o and_o even_o this_o dissimilitude_n be_v agreeable_a on_o the_o other_o side_n child_n love_v old_a man_n because_o they_o see_v they_o busy_a and_o careful_a about_o they_o and_o that_o by_o a_o secret_a instinct_n they_o perceive_v they_o have_v need_n of_o their_o direction_n musical_a concord_n stand_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o discord_n in_o which_o unlike_a voice_n do_v correspond_v make_v up_o altogether_o one_o sole_a close_a of_o proportion_n as_o the_o dissimilitude_n of_o precious_a stone_n and_o flower_n do_v make_v the_o grateful_a composition_n of_o embosture_n and_o diaprie_n so_o love_n be_v not_o cause_v always_o by_o resemblance_n and_o sympathy_n but_o by_o correspondance_n and_o proportion_n which_o consist_v in_o this_o that_o by_o the_o union_n of_o one_o thing_n to_o another_o they_o may_v mutual_o receive_v one_o another_o 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the_o soul_n who_o be_v in_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o love_n of_o complacence_n cry_v continual_o in_o her_o sacred_a silence_n it_o suffice_v i_o that_o god_n be_v god_n that_o his_o goodness_n be_v infinite_a that_o his_o perfection_n be_v immense_a whether_o i_o live_v or_o not_o it_o little_a import_v i_o since_o that_o my_o dear_a wellbeloved_n live_v eternal_o a_o triumphant_a life_n death_n itself_o can_v attristate_v a_o heart_n who_o know_v that_o its_o sovereign_a love_n life_n it_o be_v sufficient_a for_o a_o heart_n that_o love_v that_o he_o who_o it_o love_v more_o than_o itself_o be_v replenish_v with_o eternal_a happiness_n see_v that_o it_o live_v more_o in_o he_o who_o it_o love_v then_o he_o who_o it_o do_v animate_v yea_o that_o it_o live_v not_o but_o its_o wellbeloved_n live_v in_o it_o of_o a_o love_a condole_v by_o which_o the_o complacence_n of_o love_n be_v better_a declare_v chapter_n iv_o 1._o compassion_n condole_v commiseration_n or_o mercy_n be_v no_o 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what_o be_v these_o drop_n of_o the_o night_n but_o the_o pain_n and_o torment_n of_o his_o passion_n pearl_n as_o we_o have_v many_o time_n say_v be_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o dewy_a drop_n which_o the_o night_n freshness_n shower_n down_o upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o sea_n receive_v in_o the_o shell_n of_o oyster_n or_o mother-pearle_n ah_o will_v the_o divine_a lover_n of_o the_o soul_n say_v i_o be_o oden_a with_o the_o pain_n and_o sweat_v of_o my_o passion_n which_o almost_o all_o pass_v either_o in_o the_o darkness_n of_o the_o night_n or_o in_o the_o night_n of_o darkness_n which_o the_o eclipse_a sun_n cause_v at_o the_o height_n of_o the_o day_n open_v then_o thy_o heart_n towards_o i_o as_o the_o mother-pearle_n do_v she_o towards_o heaven_n and_o i_o will_v pour_v down_o upon_o thou_o the_o dew_n of_o my_o passion_n which_o shall_v turn_v into_o pearl_n of_o consolation_n of_o the_o love_n of_o benevolence_n which_o we_o exercise_v towards_o our_o saviour_n by_o way_n of_o desire_n chapter_n vi_o 1._o the_o love_n which_o god_n exercise_v towards_o we_o be_v always_o begin_v by_o benevolence_n willing_a and_o effect_v all_o the_o good_a that_o be_v in_o we_o in_o which_o afterward_o he_o take_v complacence_n he_o make_v david_n according_a to_o his_o heart_n by_o benevolence_n because_o he_o find_v he_o according_a to_o his_o heart_n by_o complacence_n he_o first_o create_v the_o world_n for_o man_n and_o man_n in_o the_o world_n indew_v every_o thing_n with_o such_o a_o measure_n of_o goodness_n as_o be_v proportionable_a to_o it_o out_o of_o his_o pure_a benevolence_n then_o he_o approve_v all_o that_o he_o have_v do_v find_v that_o all_o be_v very_o good_a and_o by_o complacence_n repose_v in_o his_o work_n 2._o but_o contrariwise_o our_o love_n towards_o god_n begin_v from_o the_o complacence_n which_o we_o have_v in_o the_o sovereign_a goodness_n and_o infinite_a perfection_n which_o we_o know_v be_v in_o the_o divinity_n then_o we_o come_v to_o the_o exercise_n of_o benevolence_n and_o as_o the_o complacence_n which_o god_n take_v in_o his_o creature_n be_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o a_o continuation_n of_o his_o benevolence_n towards_o they_o so_o the_o benevolence_n which_o we_o bear_v towards_o god_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o approbation_n and_o persevere_v in_o he_o 3._o now_o this_o love_n of_o benevolence_n towards_o god_n be_v practise_v in_o this_o sort_n we_o can_v with_o a_o true_a desire_n wish_v any_o good_a to_o god_n because_o his_o goodness_n be_v infinite_o more_o perfect_a than_o we_o can_v either_o wish_v or_o think_v desire_n be_v only_o of_o a_o future_a good_a and_o no_o good_a be_v future_a to_o god_n since_o that_o all_o good_a be_v so_o present_a to_o he_o that_o the_o presence_n of_o good_a in_o his_o divine_a majesty_n be_v no_o other_o thing_n then_o the_o divinity_n itself_o not_o have_v therefore_o power_n to_o make_v a_o absolute_a desire_n for_o god_n we_o do_v make_v imaginary_a and_o conditional_a one_o in_o this_o manner_n i_o have_v say_v o_o lord_n thou_o be_v my_o god_n who_o be_v full_a of_o thy_o own_o infinite_a goodness_n can_v have_v no_o want_n neither_o of_o my_o riches_n nor_o of_o any_o other_o thing_n but_o if_o by_o imagination_n of_o a_o thing_n impossible_a i_o can_v think_v thou_o have_v need_v of_o any_o thing_n i_o will_v never_o cease_v to_o wish_v it_o thou_o even_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o my_o life_n be_v and_o of_o all_o that_o the_o world_n have_v and_o if_o be_v what_o thou_o be_v and_o which_o thou_o can_v but_o still_o be_v it_o be_v possible_a that_o thou_o can_v receive_v any_o increase_n of_o good_a o_o god_n what_o a_o desire_n shall_v i_o have_v that_o thou_o have_v it_o in_o that_o case_n o_o eternal_a lord_n i_o will_v desire_v to_o see_v my_o heart_n convert_v into_o wish_n and_o my_o life_n into_o sigh_n to_o wish_v thou_o such_o a_o good_a ah_o yet_o will_v i_o not_o for_o all_o this_o o_o thou_o sacred_a wellbeloved_n of_o my_o soul_n desire_v to_o have_v power_n to_o desire_v any_o good_a to_o thy_o majesty_n yea_o i_o hearty_o please_v myself_o in_o this_o thy_o supreeme_n degree_n of_o goodness_n to_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v add_v neither_o by_o desire_n nor_o yet_o by_o thought_n but_o if_o such_o a_o desire_n be_v possible_a o_o infinite_a divinity_n o_o divine_a infinity_n my_o soul_n will_v be_v that_o desire_n and_o no_o other_o thing_n then_o that_o so_o much_o will_v she_o be_v desirous_a to_o desire_v for_o thou_o that_o which_o she_o be_v infinite_o please_v that_o she_o can_v desire_v see_v that_o her_o impotency_n therein_o proceed_v from_o the_o infinite_a infinity_n of_o thy_o perfection_n which_o outstrip_v all_o desire_n and_o cogitation_n ah_o o_o my_o god_n how_o dear_o i_o love_v the_o impossibility_n of_o be_v able_a to_o desire_v thou_o any_o good_a since_o that_o rise_v out_o of_o the_o incomprehensible_a immensity_n of_o thy_o abundance_n which_o be_v so_o soveraigne_o infinite_a that_o if_o there_o be_v a_o infinite_a desire_n it_o shall_v be_v infinite_o saciate_v by_o the_o infinity_n of_o thy_o goodness_n which_o will_v convert_v it_o into_o a_o infinite_a complacence_n these_o desire_n then_o by_o imagination_n of_o impossibility_n may_v be_v sometime_o profitable_o practise_v among_o great_a and_o extraordinary_a feeling_n and_o fervour_n thus_o as_o it_o be_v report_v do_v the_o great_a s._n augustine_n often_o behave_v himself_o pour_v out_o in_o excess_n of_o love_n in_o these_o word_n ah_o lord_n i_o be_o augustine_n and_o thou_o be_v god_n but_o howbeit_o if_o that_o which_o neither_o be_v nor_o can_v be_v be_v that_o i_o be_v god_n and_o thou_o augustine_n i_o will_v in_o change_v my_o condition_n with_o thou_o become_v augustine_n to_o the_o
amiable_a as_o he_o be_v amiable_o dolorous_a nor_o can_v we_o never_o love_v he_o as_o his_o love_n and_o death_n require_v there_o be_v yet_o another_o wound_n of_o love_n when_o the_o soul_n know_v well_o she_o love_v god_n and_o he_o treat_v she_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o though_o he_o know_v not_o she_o love_v he_o or_o be_v diffident_a of_o her_o love_n for_o then_o my_o dear_a theo_n the_o soul_n be_v put_v into_o a_o extreme_a anguish_n it_o be_v insupportable_a unto_o she_o to_o see_v or_o perceive_v any_o appearance_n that_o god_n distrust_v in_o she_o the_o poor_a s._n peter_n find_v his_o heart_n full_a of_o love_n towards_o his_o master_n and_o his_o master_n make_v show_v not_o to_o know_v it_o peter_n quoth_v he_o do_v thou_o love_v i_o more_o than_o these_o ah_o lord_n say_v the_o apostle_n thou_o know_v i_o love_v thou_o but_o peter_n do_v thou_o love_v i_o reply_v our_o saviour_n my_o dear_a master_n say_v the_o apostle_n true_o i_o love_v thou_o thou_o know_v it_o 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she_o love_v he_o leave_v she_o as_o one_o that_o appertain_v not_o to_o he_o and_o she_o apprehend_v that_o amid_o her_o default_n distraction_n and_o coldness_n our_o saviour_n do_v strike_v she_o with_o this_o reproach_n how_o can_v thou_o say_v that_o thou_o loue'_v i_o see_v thy_o mind_n be_v not_o with_o i_o which_o be_v as_o a_o dart_n of_o sorrow_n through_o her_o heart_n but_o a_o dart_n of_o sorrow_n which_o proceed_v from_o love_n for_o if_o she_o love_v not_o she_o will_v not_o be_v afflict_v with_o the_o apprehension_n she_o have_v that_o she_o love_v not_o 3._o sometime_o love_n do_v wind_v we_o in_o the_o very_a memory_n we_o have_v that_o there_o be_v a_o time_n in_o which_o we_o love_v not_o our_o god_n o_o how_o late_o i_o have_v love_v the_o ancient_a and_o new_a beauty_n say_v that_o saint_n who_o for_o thirty_o year_n be_v heretic_n life_n past_a be_v a_o horror_n to_o his_o life_n present_a who_o pass_v his_o life_n pass_v without_o love_v the_o sovereign_a 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