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charitye_n require_v it_o or_o necessity_n command_v it_o let_v a_o man_n always_o desire_v to_o be_v alone_o let_v he_o meditate_v with_o himself_o let_v he_o live_v to_o himself_o &_o let_v he_o confer_v with_o god_n who_o be_v the_o lover_n of_o solitariness_n and_o let_v no_o man_n think_v that_o such_o a_o life_n be_v full_a of_o melancholy_n and_o heaviness_n it_o be_v so_o much_o the_o more_o delectable_a and_o pleasant_a by_o how_o much_o the_o society_n and_o familiarity_n with_o god_n be_v sweet_a then_o that_o which_o be_v with_o man_n for_o this_o cause_n saint_n hierome_n say_v the_o town_n epist._n be_v a_o prison_n unto_o i_o but_o the_o desert_n a_o paradise_n and_o bernard_n say_v with_o who_o god_n be_v he_o be_v never_o epist._n less_o alone_o then_o when_o he_o be_v alone_o for_o than_o he_o free_o enjoy_v his_o heart_n joy_n than_o he_o be_v his_o own_o man_n to_o enjoy_v god_n in_o himself_o &_o himself_o in_o god_n etc._n etc._n what_o paradise_n can_v be_v 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