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earth_n certain_o thou_o will_v be_v total_o inflame_v with_o love_n for_o so_o admirable_a a_o creature_n thou_o will_v never_o be_v weary_a of_o his_o company_n much_o less_o of_o his_o discourse_n why_o then_o do_v thou_o not_o love_v i_o with_o all_o thy_o heart_n as_o thou_o be_v command_v 1.23_o diliges_fw-la dominum_fw-la deum_fw-la tuum_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n tuo_fw-la matth._n 22.37_o cupio_fw-la dissolvi_fw-la &_o esse_fw-la cum_fw-la christo_fw-la phil._n 1.23_o why_o do_v thou_o not_o often_o and_o ardent_o desire_v with_o st._n paul_n to_o be_v deliver_v from_o that_o loathsome_a prison_n of_o thy_o body_n to_o enjoy_v my_o sight_n and_o company_n who_o be_o real_o adorn_v with_o all_o those_o perfection_n and_o grace_n in_o a_o infinite_a degree_n above_o all_o earthly_a creature_n and_o do_v confer_v the_o same_o upon_o all_o and_o every_o one_o of_o my_o saint_n in_o heaven_n why_o do_v thou_o not_o despise_v the_o transitory_a and_o sordid_a pleasure_n of_o 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