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semel_fw-la behold_v all_o the_o glorious_a perfection_n of_o god_n christ_n and_o the_o trinity_n know_v he_o as_o he_o know_v we_o for_o the_o kind_n 1_o cor._n 13._o 12._o the_o true_a christian_a be_v thus_o dispose_v towards_o heaven_n he_o prize_v it_o above_o all_o quietatio_fw-la thing_n it_o be_v his_o inheritance_n portion_n he_o conceive_v of_o it_o as_o a_o place_n where_o god_n do_v give_v himself_o to_o he_o full_o 2._o he_o will_v willing_o be_v there_o it_o be_v the_o end_n of_o his_o race_n and_o hope_n 2_o cor._n 5._o 1._o if_o he_o may_v enjoy_v all_o the_o benefit_n of_o this_o world_n for_o ever_o according_a to_o his_o desire_n he_o will_v willing_o leave_v all_o to_o be_v with_o christ._n 3._o he_o have_v his_o conversation_n in_o heaven_n travel_v the_o way_n that_o lead_v to_o it_o the_o way_n to_o obtain_v eternal_a life_n 1._o we_o must_v seek_v it_o of_o god_n in_o a_o earnest_n and_o serious_a way_n matth._n 11._o 12._o luke_n 16._o 16._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 10._o it_o be_v call_v strive_v 1_o cor._n 9_o 24_o 25._o we_o strive_v for_o a_o incorruptible_a crown_n say_v paul_n see_v phil._n 2._o 2._o we_o must_v take_v great_a care_n lest_o in_o this_o we_o come_v short_a 1_o cor._n 9_o ult_n 3._o we_o shall_v take_v heed_n of_o our_o darling_n sin_n 1_o cor._n 9_o 26_o 27._o 4._o we_o must_v be_v guide_v in_o this_o life_n by_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n psal._n 73._o 24._o 5._o we_o shall_v have_v our_o conversation_n in_o heaven_n before_o hand_n 6._o we_o shall_v keep_v our_o spirit_n in_o a_o continual_a readiness_n luke_n 12._o 36_o 37._o col._n 1._o 12._o because_o all_o that_o handle_v the_o commonplace_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o heaven_n handle_v that_o there_o question_n whether_o the_o saint_n there_o shall_v have_v the_o like_a degree_n of_o happiness_n therefore_o i_o shall_v speak_v something_o of_o it_o the_o generality_n of_o the_o father_n schoolman_n and_o modern_a divine_n be_v for_o diversity_n of_o degree_n the_o papist_n lay_v the_o degree_n of_o glory_n on_o the_o several_a merit_n of_o man_n and_o tell_v we_o of_o seven_o crown_n this_o pre-eminence_n of_o glory_n the_o schoolman_n term_v aureola_n that_o be_v a_o additament_n 7._o of_o felicity_n to_o that_o essential_a glory_n in_o the_o vision_n of_o god_n which_o they_o term_v aurea_n this_o aureola_n or_o coronet_n to_o be_v add_v to_o the_o crown_n of_o glory_n they_o ascribe_v to_o three_o sort_n of_o person_n to_o virgin_n to_o martyr_n and_o to_o doctor_n or_o prophet_n vide_fw-la aquin._n supplem_fw-la 3._o part._n quaest._n 96._o artic._n 1_o 2_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o god_n reward_v a_o man_n not_o propter_fw-mi but_o secundum_fw-la opera_fw-la according_a to_o the_o matter_n of_o his_o work_n so_o shall_v be_v the_o substance_n of_o his_o reward_n according_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o work_n the_o
he_o without_o division_n or_o derivation_n to_o other_o thing_n we_o must_v love_v god_n in_o his_o creature_n christ_n in_o his_o member_n love_v other_o thing_n in_o subordination_n to_o he_o luk._n 14._o 26._o dupliciter_fw-la contingit_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n deum_fw-la diligere_fw-la uno_n quidem_fw-la modo_fw-la in_o actu_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la totum_fw-la cor_fw-la hominis_fw-la semper_fw-la actualiter_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la feratur_fw-la et_fw-la ista_fw-la est_fw-la perfectio_fw-la patriae_fw-la alio_fw-la modo_fw-la ut_fw-la habitualiter_fw-la totum_fw-la cor_fw-la hominis_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la feratur_fw-la ita_fw-la scilicet_fw-la quod_fw-la nihil_fw-la contra_fw-la dei_fw-la dilectionem_fw-la câ—r_fw-la hominis_fw-la recipiat_fw-la et_fw-la haec_fw-la est_fw-la perfectio_fw-la viae_fw-la aquin._n 2a_o 2ae_fw-la quaest._n 44._o art_n 4._o praecipitur_fw-la nobis_fw-la ut_fw-la tota_fw-la nostra_fw-la intentio_fw-la feratur_fw-la in_o deum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la toto_fw-la cord_n et_fw-la quod_fw-la intellectus_fw-la noster_fw-la subdatur_fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la tota_fw-la ment_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la appetitus_fw-la noster_fw-la reguletur_fw-la secundum_fw-la deum_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la ex_fw-la tota_fw-la anima_fw-la et_fw-la quod_fw-la exterior_a actus_fw-la noster_fw-la obediat_fw-la deo_fw-la quod_fw-la est_fw-la totis_fw-la viribus_fw-la deum_fw-la diligere_fw-la aquinas_n ibid._n art_n 5._o the_o schoolman_n say_v we_o first_o love_v god_n with_o a_o love_n of_o concupiscence_n after_o with_o a_o love_n of_o complacence_n compare_v our_o affection_n to_o god_n with_o our_o affection_n to_o other_o matter_n be_v the_o best_a way_n to_o show_v the_o temper_n of_o our_o love_n 2_o tim._n 1._o 4._o luke_n 12._o 21._o 2._o this_o love_n be_v not_o to_o be_v measure_v so_o much_o by_o the_o lively_a act_n of_o love_n as_o by_o the_o solid_a esteem_n 3._o it_o be_v not_o altogether_o to_o be_v judge_v by_o our_o time_n and_o care_n bodily_a necessity_n be_v more_o press_v god_n have_v give_v we_o six_o day_n for_o our_o worldly_a employment_n and_o reserve_v but_o one_o day_n for_o himself_o our_o love_n be_v many_o way_n inordinate_a 1._o we_o love_v sin_n which_o we_o shall_v hate_v 2._o we_o hate_v good_a which_o we_o shall_v love_v 3._o we_o love_v that_o much_o we_o shall_v love_v little_a 4._o we_o love_v that_o little_a which_o we_o shall_v love_v much_o 5._o we_o love_v a_o private_a good_a more_o than_o the_o public_a the_o body_n above_o the_o soul_n the_o creature_n more_o than_o the_o creator_n prefer_v thing_n of_o time_n before_o those_o of_o eternity_n amor_fw-la est_fw-la conscnantia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la appetitus_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quod_fw-la apprehenditur_fw-la ut_fw-la conveniens_fw-la odium_fw-la verò_fw-la est_fw-la dissonantia_fw-la quaedam_fw-la appetitus_fw-la ad_fw-la id_fw-la quoâ—_n apprehenditur_fw-la ut_fw-la repugnans_fw-la &_o nocivum_fw-la ficut_fw-la autem_fw-la omne_fw-la conveniens_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la hujusmodi_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la boni_fw-la ita_fw-la omne_fw-la repugnans_fw-la in_o quantum_fw-la hujusmod_fw-la habet_fw-la rationem_fw-la mali_fw-la &_o ideo_fw-la sicut_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la objectum_fw-la amoris_fw-la ita_fw-la malum_fw-la est_fw-la objectum_fw-la odii_fw-la aquinas_n 1a_o 2ae_fw-la quaest._n 29._o artic._n 1._o love_n be_v the_o affection_n and_o pâ—â—pension_n of_o the_o mind_n towards_o some_o thing_n as_o good_a hatred_n be_v a_o alienation_n of_o the_o mind_n from_o some_o thing_n as_o evil_n to_o stand_v so_o affect_v to_o it_o as_o those_o word_n far_o be_v it_o far_o be_v it_o from_o i_o set_v forth_o when_o the_o soul_n rise_v against_o it_o every_o man_n by_o nature_n be_v full_a of_o wrath_n against_o god_n ephes._n 2._o 3._o some_o interpret_v that_o active_o psal._n 68_o â—_o there_o be_v a_o enmity_n in_o man_n 1._o against_o the_o very_a be_v of_o god_n psal._n 14._o 2._o his_o attribute_n will_v not_o have_v he_o to_o be_v so_o just_a and_o jealous_a psal._n 50._o 21._o so_o pure_a and_o emniscient_a isa._n 29._o 5._o 3._o against_o the_o counsel_n of_o god_n isa._n 66._o 3._o ezek._n 14._o 3_o 7._o 4._o against_o the_o precept_n and_o prohibition_n of_o god_n rom._n 7._o 5_o 8._o 5._o the_o worship_n of_o god_n deut._n 32._o 17._o psal._n 1â—6_n 37._o 6._o the_o threat_n and_o promise_n of_o god_n job_n 15._o 7._o his_o administration_n rom._n 3._o 4._o 4._o our_o hatred_n must_v be_v withdraw_v from_o such_o thing_n and_o person_n as_o be_v not_o to_o be_v hate_v first_o thing_n 1._o goodness_n virtue_n piety_n because_o it_o be_v the_o image_n of_o god_n and_o be_v in_o itself_o most_o beneficial_a prov._n 1._o 22_o 29._o 2._o the_o mean_n of_o goodness_n as_o instruction_n reproof_n correction_n prov._n 9_o 8._o &_o 12._o 1._o john_n 3._o 20._o second_o person_n 1._o the_o church_n in_o general_n 2._o any_o good_a man_n 2_o tim._n 3._o 3_o psal._n 34._o 21._o 3._o he_o which_o admonish_v or_o correct_v prov._n 9_o 4._o a_o enemy_n matth._n 5._o 5._o hatred_n differ_v from_o anger_n in_o three_o thing_n 1._o anger_n be_v with_o a_o particular_a hatred_n against_o universals_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d against_o the_o whole_a kind_n i_o hate_v every_o false_a way_n 2._o anger_n may_v be_v cure_v by_o time_n but_o noâ—_n hatred_n 3._o anger_n be_v content_a to_o render_v like_a for_o like_a hatred_n aim_v at_o the_o destruction_n of_o thing_n among_o the_o egyptian_n a_o fish_n be_v the_o hieroglyphic_n of_o hatred_n because_o of_o all_o creature_n they_o do_v most_o devour_v one_o another_o we_o must_v hate_v sin_n as_o sin_n for_o itself_o else_o our_o hatred_n be_v not_o from_o a_o principle_n of_o love_n to_o god_n as_o sin_n be_v a_o transgression_n of_o his_o law_n psal._n 97._o 10._o if_o we_o hate_v sin_n for_o itself_o we_o will_v 1._o hate_v all_o sin_n à _fw-la quatenus_fw-la ad_fw-la omne_fw-la valet_fw-la consequentia_fw-la as_o he_o that_o love_v a_o saint_n for_o himself_o love_v every_o saint_n 2._o we_o will_v dislike_v sin_n under_o what_o shape_n soever_o it_o come_v 3._o we_o will_v dislike_v it_o in_o all_o sort_n of_o person_n those_o that_o be_v near_o we_o psal._n 139._o 20_o 21._o 4._o we_o will_v hate_v sin_n in_o the_o be_v as_o well_o as_o act_n of_o it_o the_o law_n require_v a_o holy_a nature_n as_o well_o as_o life_n 5._o we_o will_v set_v no_o bound_n to_o ouâ—_n hatred_n isa._n 33._o 15._o 6._o will_v dislike_v all_o occasion_n and_o mean_n that_o tend_v to_o it_o every_o christian_n shall_v have_v his_o heart_n possess_v with_o a_o lâ—â—â—hing_a detestation_n &_o hatred_n of_o sin_n that_o be_v indeed_o the_o first_o and_o principal_a and_o most_o immediate_a object_n of_o hatred_n hatred_n of_o sin_n will_v bewray_v itself_o 1._o in_o a_o constant_a jealousy_n and_o watchfulness_n over_o the_o soul_n and_o over_o every_o small_a rise_n of_o corruption_n 2._o by_o a_o serious_a resistance_n in_o the_o temptation_n rom._n 7._o 15._o 3._o by_o bitter_a grief_n after_o the_o transgression_n jer._n 8._o 6._o rom._n 7._o 23._o see_v m._n pembl_n vindic._n great_a p._n 129_o 130._o 130._o in_o these_o hungring_n &_o thirsting_n of_o the_o soul_n there_o be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o spawn_n of_o faith_n semen_n sidei_fw-la there_o be_v aliquid_fw-la sidei_fw-la in_o they_o psal._n 10._o 17._o &_o 145._o 19_o isa._n 55_o 1._o &_o 44._o 3._o &_o luk._n 1._o 52._o revel_v 22._o 17._o bolton_n on_o mar._n 5._o 6._o it_o be_v the_o reach_a of_o the_o soul_n after_o that_o which_o like_v we_o because_o it_o be_v like_o we_o it_o be_v a_o assection_n of_o pursue_v or_o follow_v after_o the_o absent_a good_a it_o be_v that_o by_o which_o the_o mind_n stir_v up_o in_o itself_o longing_n and_o wish_v and_o quicken_v itself_o to_o seek_v and_o attain_v that_o good_a which_o it_o love_v and_o yet_o be_v not_o present_a with_o it_o phil._n 3._o 14._o prov._n 18._o 1._o bonum_fw-la delect_a abilâ—_n non_fw-la est_fw-la absolutè_fw-la objectum_fw-la concupiscentiae_fw-la sed_fw-la sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la absentis_fw-la sicut_fw-la &_o sensibile_fw-la sub_fw-la ratione_fw-la praeteriti_fw-la est_fw-la objectum_fw-la memoriae_fw-la aquâ—n_fw-fr 1a_fw-fr 2ae_fw-la quaest._n 30._o art_n 1._o christ_n bring_v the_o heart_n to_o heaven_n first_o and_o then_o the_o person_n his_o own_o mouth_n speak_v it_o mat._n 6_o 21._o he_o that_o have_v true_o rather_o have_v the_o enjoyment_n of_o god_n in_o christ_n than_o any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n shall_v have_v it_o baxter_n saint_n everlasting_a rest_n par_fw-fr 1._o c._n 3._o 3._o some_o call_v it_o abomination_n scio_fw-la equidem_fw-la vulgò_fw-la in_o scholis_fw-la opponi_fw-la passionem_fw-la quae_fw-la tendit_fw-la in_o bonum_fw-la &_o quae_fw-la sola_fw-la nominatur_fw-la cupiditas_fw-la vel_fw-la desiderium_fw-la ei_fw-la quae_fw-la tendit_fw-la in_o fugam_fw-la mali_fw-la quâ—_n voco_fw-la aversio_fw-la sed_fw-la cum_fw-la nullum_fw-la detur_fw-la bonum_fw-la cujus_fw-la privatio_fw-la malum_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la nec_fw-la ullum_fw-la malum_fw-la cujus_fw-la privatio_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la bonum_fw-la et_fw-la