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for_o this_o honey_n but_o the_o godly_a take_v it_o out_o and_o eat_v it_o yea_o the_o wicked_a can_v lick_v the_o dew_n off_o the_o rock_n but_o can_v suck_v the_o honey_n out_o of_o it_o cyprian_a but_o the_o godly_a by_o the_o mound_n of_o the_o rock_n thrust_v their_o believe_a and_o love_a heart_n into_o his_o heart_n and_o be_v satiat_fw-la with_o that_o love_n of_o the_o father_n the_o son_n and_o the_o spirit_n which_o they_o find_v there_o this_o be_v to_o be_v fill_v with_o 5._o marrow_n and_o fatness_n who_o receive_v large_o of_o that_o unction_n to_o make_v we_o 14._o fat_a and_o flourish_a in_o the_o body_n of_o christ._n spiritual_a excess_n
nolit_fw-la eam_fw-la nemo_fw-la est_fw-la aug._n conf._n 10._o 20._o eccles._n 2._o 3._o 3._o the_o form_n of_o the_o search_n afflicton_n stay_v not_o happiness_n happiness_n non_fw-la obest_fw-la nomen_fw-la cum_fw-la abest_fw-la miseria_fw-la aug._n mor._n ecc._n 27._o 2_o cor._n 12._o 10._o rom._n 7._o 24._o heb._n 12._o luke_n 〈◊〉_d pro._n 1._o 32._o job_n 1._o 21._o 21._o non_fw-la illas_fw-la sibi_fw-la magnas_fw-la sed_fw-la se_fw-la illis_fw-la sibi_fw-la autem_fw-la deum_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr mor._n ecc._n 23._o choice_n of_o the_o best_a good_a and_o that_o by_o degree_n degree_n genes_n 8._o 9_o 9_o ephes._n 1._o 3_o 8._o &_o ver_fw-la 2._o 8._o 8._o psal._n 73._o 25._o 25._o philip._n 3._o 8_o 9_o god_n be_v the_o best_a good_a good_a sed_fw-la long_o his_o melior_fw-la qui_fw-la secit_fw-la omne_fw-la &_o non_fw-la discedit_fw-la quia_fw-la ei_fw-la non_fw-la succeditur_fw-la aug._n confess_v 4._o 11._o hatred_n and_o love_n well_o seâ—_n seâ—_n mors_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la nequitia_fw-la est_fw-la quia_fw-la ab_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la necquicquam_fw-la est_fw-la dicitur_fw-la aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n their_o degree_n must_v be_v keep_v keep_v quicquid_fw-la vituperatur_fw-la in_o melioris_fw-la comparatione_fw-la respuitur_fw-la ibid._n ver_fw-la rel._n 41._o 41._o est_fw-la igitur_fw-la quoddam_fw-la bonum_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la diligat_fw-la anima_fw-la peccat_fw-la quia_fw-la infra_fw-la cam_fw-la ordinatâ—m_fw-la est_fw-la ibid._n 29._o the_o world_n choice_n choice_n thom._n 1._o 2_o ae_z 1._o happiness_n be_v not_o in_o riches_n 2._o not_o in_o honour_n 3._o nor_o iâ—_n fame_n 4._o nor_o in_o power_n 5._o nor_o in_o pleasure_n est_fw-la hominis_fw-la optimum_fw-la quod_fw-la animam_fw-la optimam_fw-la facit_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr mor._n ecc._n cap._n 6._o the_o world_n error_n error_n falsitas_fw-la oritur_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la rebus_fw-la ipsis_fw-la fallentibus_fw-la aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 36._o happiness_n be_v not_o in_o the_o gift_n of_o the_o mind_n the_o godly_a surpass_v the_o world_n world_n aug._n mor._n eccl._n 6._o &_o 11._o it_o be_v to_o be_v seek_v in_o god_n alone_o alone_o non_fw-la facit_fw-la hominem_fw-la â—eatum_fw-la nisi_fw-la qui_fw-la fecit_fw-la hominem_fw-la deus_fw-la aug._n epist._n 52._o 52._o quomodo_fw-la enim_fw-la beata_fw-la vita_fw-la ubi_fw-la nec_fw-la vita_fw-la aug._n confess_v 4._o 11._o ibid._n 6._o 16._o ibid._n 2._o 6._o id._n psal._n 62._o id._n de_fw-fr mor._n ecc._n 6._o &_o 11._o the_o choice_n itself_o itself_o quid_fw-la autem_fw-la eligamus_fw-la quod_fw-la diligamus_fw-la nist_n quo_fw-la melius_fw-la nihil_fw-la invenimus_fw-la aug._n epist._n 52._o â—_o by_o inclination_n inclination_n es._n 26._o 8._o 2._o apprehension_n apprehension_n cant._n 3._o 4._o 4._o summo_fw-la bono_fw-mi anima_fw-la pura_fw-la &_o persecta_fw-la subjungitur_fw-la aug._n mor._n cap._n 1._o by_o retention_n tene_fw-la tenentem_fw-la bernard_n bernard_n cant._n 3._o 4._o 4._o rom._n 11._o 18._o a_o rest._n aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 17._o we_o be_v conscious_a of_o this_o choice_n 1._o joh._n 2._o 3._o aug._n civ_o 11._o 27._o 27._o per_fw-la hanc_fw-la intelligo_fw-la vera_fw-la que_fw-la dicta_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la i_o intelligere_fw-la per_fw-la hanc_fw-la rursus_fw-la intelligo_fw-la aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 49._o 49._o ego_fw-la verò_fw-la amans_fw-la amari_fw-la i_o dubitare_fw-la non_fw-la possum_fw-la non_fw-la plus_fw-la quam_fw-la amare_fw-la bernard_n cant._n 84._o solomon_n experience_n experience_n vnus_fw-la ecclesiastes_n copiosissimè_fw-la mundana_fw-la in_o contemptum_fw-la adducit_fw-la aug._n mor._n 21._o eccles._n 2._o 3._o 3._o eccles._n 6._o 4._o &_o 10._o 10._o eccl._n 12._o 13._o 13._o eccles._n 1_o s._n paul_n experience_n experience_n act._n 22._o 22._o act._n 9_o 2._o 2._o philip._n 3._o 8._o 8._o 1._o cor._n 2._o 2._o not_o to_o search_v be_v brutish_a psal._n 14._o 1._o 1._o rom._n 1._o 18._o fleshly_a search_v search_v isaiah_n 30._o 1._o 1._o fatuam_fw-la electionem_fw-la serò_fw-la sed_fw-la seriò_fw-la dolent_a basil._n 212._o 212._o his_o rebus_fw-la quicunque_fw-la beatus_fw-la esse_fw-la vult_fw-la serviat_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la velit_fw-la nolit_fw-la aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 38._o god_n direct_v we_o in_o this_o search_n 1_o by_o his_o word_n word_n coloss._n 3._o 1._o 1._o joh._n 2._o 15._o 15._o matth._n 6._o 19_o 19_o galat._n 6._o 8._o 8._o luk._n 18._o 14._o 14._o matth._n 5._o 39_o &_o 44._o aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 3._o 3._o nostrasque_fw-la ratiunculas_fw-la divinis_fw-la subjiciamus_fw-la affatibus_fw-la aug._n tom._n 1._o 168._o d._n by_o his_o example_n example_n joh._n 6._o 15._o 15._o omnia_fw-la que_fw-la habere_fw-la cup_n ebam_fw-la we_o vilia_fw-la fecit_fw-la tota_fw-la ejus_fw-la vita_fw-la disciplina_fw-la morum_fw-la fuit_fw-la ver._n rel._n 16._o 3_o by_o his_o work_n work_n psal._n 73._o 24._o this_o search_n be_v a_o work_n of_o grace_n grace_n philip._n 3._o 13._o 13._o magnum_fw-la donum_fw-la quaerere_fw-la deum_fw-la bern._n gant_n 84._o 84._o ps._n 119._o 176._o 176._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr invenire_fw-la domino_fw-la sed_fw-la praevenire_fw-la &_o inventionem_fw-la praeventio_fw-la excludit_fw-la bern._n fol._n 18_o 1._o col._n 3._o 3._o quae_fw-la sivisti_fw-la non_fw-la quaerentes_fw-la â—e_n &_o quaesivisti_fw-la ut_fw-la quaererent_fw-la aug._n confess_v 11._o 2._o 2._o nec_fw-la non_fw-la quaesita_fw-la quaerere_fw-la potes_fw-la nec_fw-la non_fw-la quaerere_fw-la quaesita_fw-la nunc_fw-la potes_fw-la bernard_n fol._n 185._o 3._o 4._o 4._o suasio_fw-la est_fw-la quaesitio_fw-la &_o persuasio_fw-la est_fw-la inventio_fw-la ibid._n col_fw-fr 4._o quaerimus_fw-la votis_fw-la fide_fw-la invenimus_fw-la ibid._n the_o godly_a be_v happy_a in_o their_o search_n search_n subdita_fw-la debent_fw-la esse_fw-la non_fw-la praedita_fw-la sequentia_fw-la non_fw-la ducentia_fw-la aug._n epist._n 52._o 52._o amant_fw-fr quod_fw-la sibi_fw-la eripi_fw-la noâ—_n potest_fw-la aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 45._o deum_fw-la nemo_fw-la potest_fw-la eripere_fw-la ibid._n 47._o their_o righteousness_n therein_o therein_o perfecta_fw-la est_fw-la justitia_fw-la quae_fw-la potius_fw-la potiora_fw-la &_o minus_fw-la minima_fw-la diligit_fw-la ibid._n 48._o 48._o gen._n 3._o 14._o this_o choice_n divide_v mankind_n mankind_n psal._n 24._o 6._o 6._o psal._n 4._o 6._o aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n dom._n serm_n 26._o 27._o martha_n and_o marie_n the_o godly_a err_v sometime_o in_o their_o choice_n choice_n gen._n 13._o 11._o the_o godly_a and_o the_o wicked_a have_v concord_n and_o discord_n discord_n aug._n lib._n arb._n 3._o 5._o 5._o gen._n 21._o 9_o eternal_a separation_n and_o temporal_a temporal_a eccles._n 10._o 2._o judg._n 20._o 16._o 16._o psal._n 144._o 7._o 7._o dextra_fw-la eorum_fw-la dextrainiquitatis_fw-la quia_fw-la haec_fw-la praeposuerunt_fw-la quae_fw-la â—uerant_fw-la post_fw-la ponenda_fw-la aug._n ep._n 52._o 52._o psal._n 16._o 8._o 1_o it_o be_v a_o resolution_n of_o election_n 2_o of_o our_o present_a state_n state_n dan._n 10._o 11._o 3_o of_o our_o future_a state_n state_n mat._n 25._o 32._o 32._o ibid._n 25._o 34._o 34._o omnes_fw-la cupiunt_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la &_o boni_fw-la &_o mali_fw-la sed_fw-la nulli_fw-la inveniunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la boni_fw-la aug._n ep._n 121._o c._n 4._o we_o shall_v seek_v the_o lord_n lord_n psal._n 24._o 6._o 6._o quaeâ—ivit_fw-la &_o acquisivit_fw-la bern._n sol_o 97._o 97._o testimonium_fw-la gustatae_fw-la gratiae_fw-la est_fw-la esury_n vehemens_fw-la ibid._n ibid._n deuter._n 4._o 29._o 29._o imus_o ad_fw-la eum_fw-la non_fw-la ambulando_fw-la sed_fw-la amando_fw-la non_fw-la pedibus_fw-la sed_fw-la moribus_fw-la amores_fw-la nostri_fw-la sunt_fw-la mores_fw-la nostri_fw-la bernard_n prayer_n and_o practice_n shall_v be_v join_v join_v num._n 23._o 10._o 10._o philosophi_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la sibi_fw-la parandam_fw-la putarunt_fw-la non_fw-la impetrandam_fw-la aug._n epist._n 52._o 52._o 1._o cor._n 3._o 6._o prayer_n have_v 1_o a_o conscience_n of_o want_n want_n gen._n 4._o 26._o 2_o a_o desire_n to_o obtain_v it_o it_o tanquam_fw-la chirographa_fw-la dignaris_fw-la enim_fw-la quibus_fw-la omne_fw-la debita_fw-la dimittis_fw-la etiam_fw-la promissionibus_fw-la tuis_fw-la debtor_n fiest_z aug._n confess_v 5._o 9_o true_a prayer_n be_v a_o heart-prayer_n heart-prayer_n hoc_fw-la negotium_fw-la plus_fw-la gemitibus_fw-la quam_fw-la sermonibus_fw-la agitur_fw-la plus_fw-la fletu_fw-la quam_fw-la affatu_fw-la aug._n ep._n 121._o c._n 10._o 10._o quia_fw-la aures_fw-la tuus_fw-la in_o cord_n meo_fw-la &_o nihil_fw-la audis_fw-la à _fw-la i_o quod_fw-la non_fw-la mihi_fw-la tu_fw-la prius_fw-la dixeris_fw-la aug._n confess_v 10._o 2._o 2._o exod._n 14._o 15._o 15._o clamavit_fw-la populus_fw-la &_o non_fw-la audivit_fw-la deus_fw-la silebat_fw-la moses_n &_o audivit_fw-la aug._n serm_n serm_n rom._n 8._o 26._o 26._o in_o meipsum_fw-la eum_fw-la vocabo_fw-la cum_fw-la invocabo_fw-la eum_fw-la confess_v 1._o 2._o groan_n be_v good_a prayer_n prayer_n psal._n 42._o 1._o 1._o osculum_fw-la christi_fw-la melius_fw-la impressum_fw-la quam_fw-la expressum_fw-la bern._n god_n make_v we_o desire_v he_o he_o cant._n 2._o 5._o 5._o cum_fw-la accepit_fw-la sponsa_fw-la hoc_fw-la osculum_fw-la concepit_fw-la bern._n cant._n 4._o 3_o hope_v of_o obtain_v obtain_v heb._n 10._o 37._o 37._o rev._n 22._o 12._o 12._o psal._n 9_o 18._o prayer_n shall_v be_v 1_o in_o humility_n humility_n rom._n 6._o 23._o 23._o ecce_fw-la meritum_fw-la ecce_fw-la justitiam_fw-la â—ujus_fw-la stipendium_fw-la est_fw-la vita_fw-la aeterna_fw-la nobis_fw-la autem_fw-la