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recommend_v to_o those_o of_o the_o city_n of_o philippi_n to_o who_o he_o preach_v this_o virtue_n that_o their_o charity_n may_v more_o and_o more_o abound_v in_o knowledge_n and_o in_o all_o understanding_n to_o be_v neither_o indiscreet_a nor_o rash_a because_o the_o great_a defect_n in_o charity_n be_v want_v of_o light_n which_o render_v this_o virtue_n subject_a to_o a_o infinity_n of_o illusion_n but_o entire_o to_o purify_v its_o practice_n it_o be_v best_o to_o discover_v the_o illusion_n that_o so_o they_o may_v be_v dissipate_v chap._n v._o of_o the_o several_a illusion_n to_o which_o the_o practice_n of_o charity_n be_v subject_a all_z christian_a virtue_n be_v in_o their_o practice_n subject_n to_o illusion_n through_o the_o false_a principle_n every_o one_o establish_v to_o himself_o in_o the_o exercise_n of_o piety_n sometime_o out_o of_o conceitedness_n and_o often_o out_o of_o weakness_n and_o ignorance_n but_o after_o all_o there_o be_v none_o of_o they_o more_o 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