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donatum_fw-la est_fw-la coram_fw-la eloqui_fw-la non_fw-la verebor_fw-la nam_fw-la etsi_fw-la vile_a forsitan_fw-la cum_fw-la fuerit_fw-la auditum_fw-la &_o despicabile_fw-la videatur_fw-la non_fw-la mea_fw-la refert_fw-la quia_fw-la qui_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la est_fw-la non_fw-la me_fw-it despict_a qui_fw-la minùs_fw-la non_fw-la i_o intelliget_fw-la attamen_fw-la si_fw-la in_o alium_fw-la istud_fw-la sermonem_fw-la servavero_fw-la forte_fw-fr non_fw-la deerunt_fw-la qui_fw-la edificentur_fw-la in_o ijs_fw-la quae_fw-la exoraetus_fw-la interim_n dominus_fw-la inspirabit_fw-la sponsus_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la jesus_n christus_fw-la in_o sâ—rm_n 74._o then_o he_o proceed_v thus_o audite_fw-la i_o tamen_fw-la hominem_fw-la qui_fw-la loqui_fw-la trepidat_fw-la &_o tacere_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la which_o it_o seem_v by_o the_o word_n follow_v he_o speak_v not_o without_o tear_n nunc_fw-la sustinete_fw-la modicum_fw-la quid_fw-la insipientiae_fw-la meae_fw-la volo_fw-la dice_n e_fw-la nam_fw-la &_o hoc_fw-la pactus_fw-la sum_fw-la quomodo_fw-la mecuin_fw-la agitur_fw-la in_o ejusmodi_fw-la non_fw-la expedit_fw-la quidem_fw-la sed_fw-la prodat_fw-la sane_fw-la ut_fw-la prosim_fw-la fateor_fw-la &_o mihi_fw-la adventasse_fw-la verbum_fw-la in_fw-la insipientiâ_fw-la dico_fw-la &_o plury_n cumque_fw-la saepius_fw-la intraverit_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o non_fw-la sensi_fw-la aliquoties_fw-la cum_fw-la intravit_fw-la adesse_fw-la sensi_fw-la affuisse_fw-la recorder_n interdum_fw-la &_o praesentire_fw-la potui_fw-la introitum_fw-la ejus_fw-la sentire_fw-la nunquam_fw-la sed_fw-la ne_fw-la exitum_fw-la quidem_fw-la nam_fw-la unde_fw-la in_o animam_fw-la meam_fw-la venerit_fw-la quove_n abierit_fw-la denuo_fw-la eam_fw-la dimittens_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o quà _fw-la vel_fw-la introterit_fw-la vel_fw-la exterit_fw-la etiam_fw-la nunc_fw-la ignorare_fw-la i_o fateor_fw-la secundum_fw-la illud_fw-la nescis_fw-la 3.8_o unde_fw-la veniat_fw-la aut_fw-la quo_fw-la vadat_fw-la quaeris_fw-la igitur_fw-la cum_fw-la ita_fw-la sinâ—_n omnino_fw-la investigabiles_fw-la viae_fw-la ejus_fw-la unde_fw-la adesse_fw-la norim_n then_o go_v on_o he_o declare_v the_o admirable_a effect_n of_o these_o visit_n viwm_fw-la &_o efficax_n est_fw-la moxque_fw-la ut_fw-la intùs_fw-la venit_fw-la expergefecit_fw-la dormitantem_fw-la animam_fw-la meam_fw-la movit_fw-la &_o mollivit_fw-la vulneravit_fw-la cor_fw-la meum_fw-la cepit_fw-la quoque_fw-la evellere_fw-la &_o destruere_fw-la edificare_fw-la &_o plantare_fw-la rigare_fw-la arida_fw-la tenebrosa_fw-la illuminare_fw-la etc._n etc._n ita_fw-la ut_fw-la benediceret_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la domino_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la quae_fw-la intra_fw-la i_o sunt_fw-la nomini_fw-la sancto_fw-la ejus_fw-la ita_fw-la igitur_fw-la intrans_fw-la ad_fw-la i_o aliquoties_fw-la verbum_fw-la sponsus_fw-la nullis_fw-la unquam_fw-la introitum_fw-la suum_fw-la indicijs_fw-la innotescere_fw-la fecit_fw-la non_fw-la voce_fw-la non_fw-la specie_fw-la non_fw-la incessu_fw-la nullis_fw-la denique_fw-la suis_fw-la motibus_fw-la compertum_fw-la est_fw-la mihi_fw-la nullis_fw-la meis_fw-la sensibus_fw-la illapsum_fw-la penetralibus_fw-la meis_fw-la tantum_fw-la ex_fw-la motu_fw-la cordis_fw-la sicut_fw-la prefatus_fw-la sum_fw-la intellixi_fw-la presentiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la etc._n etc._n haec_fw-la omne_fw-la ubi_fw-la abscesserit_fw-la verbum_fw-la perinde_v ac_fw-la si_fw-la illae_fw-la bullienti_fw-la substraxerit_fw-la ignem_fw-la quodam_fw-la illico_fw-la languore_fw-la torpentia_fw-la &_o frigida_fw-la jacere_fw-la incipiunt_fw-la atque_fw-la hoc_fw-la mihi_fw-la signum_fw-la abscessionis_fw-la ejus_fw-la tristis_fw-la siâ—_n necesse_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la donec_fw-la iterum_fw-la revertatur_fw-la solito_fw-la recallescat_fw-la cor_fw-la meum_fw-la intra_fw-la i_o idque_fw-la sit_fw-la reversionis_fw-la indicium_fw-la tale_n sane_fw-la experimentum_fw-la de_fw-la verbo_fw-la habens_fw-la quid_fw-la mirum_fw-la si_fw-la &_o ego_fw-la usurpo_fw-la vocem_fw-la sponsae_fw-la in_fw-la revocando_fw-la illud_fw-la cum_fw-la se_fw-la absentaverit_fw-la et_fw-la hoc_fw-la oro_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la vacuum_fw-la veniat_fw-la sed_fw-la plenum_fw-la gratiae_fw-la &_o veritatis_fw-la more_fw-it utique_fw-la svo_fw-la sicut_fw-la heri_fw-la &_o nudius_fw-la tertius_fw-la see_v the_o effect_n of_o this_o visit_n of_o the_o spouse_n describe_v much_o what_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n serm._n 69._o si_fw-la sensero_fw-la aperiri_fw-la mihi_fw-la sensum_fw-la ut_fw-la intelligam_fw-la scripturas_fw-la aut_fw-la sermonem_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la quasi_fw-la ebullire_fw-la ex_fw-la intimis_fw-la aut_fw-la infuso_fw-la lumine_fw-la desuper_fw-la revelari_fw-la mysteria_fw-la aut_fw-la certe_fw-la expandi_fw-la mihi_fw-la quasi_fw-la quoddam_fw-la largissimum_fw-la caeli_fw-la gremium_fw-la &_o uberiores_fw-la de_fw-la sursum_fw-la influere_fw-la animâ—_n meditationum_fw-la imbres_fw-la non_fw-la ambigo_fw-la sponsum_fw-la adesse_fw-la again_o see_v such_o sign_n of_o his_o come_n serm._n 31._o ignis_fw-la ante_fw-la ipsum_fw-la praecedet_fw-la psal._n 96.3_o oportet_fw-la namque_fw-la ut_fw-la sancti_fw-la desiderii_fw-la ardour_n praeveniat_fw-la faciem_fw-la ejus_fw-la ad_fw-la omnem_fw-la animam_fw-la ad_fw-la quam_fw-la est_fw-la ipse_fw-la venturus_fw-la et_fw-la tunc_fw-la scit_fw-la anima_fw-la quoniam_fw-la juxta_fw-la est_fw-la dominus_fw-la cum_fw-la se_fw-la senserit_fw-la illo_fw-la igne_fw-la succensam_fw-la &_o dixerit_fw-la cum_fw-la propheta_fw-la de_fw-fr excelso_fw-la misit_fw-la ignem_fw-la in_o ossibus_fw-la meis_fw-la &_o erudivit_fw-la i_o et_fw-la illud_fw-la concaluit_fw-la cor_fw-la meum_fw-la intra_fw-la i_o &_o in_o meditatione_n mea_fw-la exardescit_fw-la ignis_fw-la and_o see_v the_o attendance_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v give_v to_o it_o serm._n 17._o quando_fw-la veniat_fw-la vel_fw-la quando_fw-la vadat_fw-la id_fw-la plane_n periculosissime_fw-la ignoratur_fw-la cum_fw-la enim_fw-la hae_fw-la sancti_fw-la spiritus_fw-la circa_fw-la nos_fw-la dispensatoriae_fw-la quidem_fw-la vicissitudines_fw-la vigilantissime_fw-la non_fw-la observantur_fw-la fit_a ut_fw-la nec_fw-la absentem_fw-la desideres_fw-la nec_fw-la presentem_fw-la glorifices_fw-la vigilandum_fw-la proinde_fw-la &_o vigilandum_fw-la omni_fw-la hora_fw-la quia_fw-la nescimus_fw-la qua_fw-la hora_fw-la spiritus_fw-la venturus_fw-la sit_fw-la seu_fw-la iterum_fw-la abiturus_fw-la it_o &_o redit_fw-la spiritus_fw-la et_fw-la have_v alternare_fw-la vice_n non_fw-la cessat_fw-la in_o his_o qui_fw-la spirituales_fw-la sunt_fw-la vel_fw-la quos_fw-la potius_fw-la spirituales_fw-la proinde_fw-la ipse_fw-la creare_fw-la intendit_fw-la visitor_fw-la diliculo_fw-la &_o subito_fw-la probans_fw-la and_o indeed_o it_o may_v be_v observe_v of_o the_o apostle_n themselves_o that_o they_o have_v extraordinary_a access_n and_o excitation_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n at_o certain_a time_n more_o then_o at_o other_o as_o likewise_o the_o prophet_n before_o they_o be_v also_o extraordinary_o move_v by_o the_o spirit_n only_o at_o certain_a time_n as_o appear_v act._n 4.8_o and_o 31._o much_o what_o like_o that_o act._n 2.2_o the_o place_n shake_v with_o the_o same_o spirit_n 7.55_o 13.9_o 17.16_o 18.5.25_o lu._n 1.41.67_o 2.27_o see_v this_o grace_n also_o copious_o describe_v in_o scala_n claustrali_fw-la and_o de_fw-la vita_fw-la solitaria_fw-la ad_fw-la fraâ—res_fw-la de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr dei_fw-la by_o s._n bernard_n or_o who_o ever_o be_v the_o author_n of_o they_o in_o scala_n c._n 4.5_o his_o incantationibus_fw-la say_v he_o anima_fw-la advocate_n sponsum_fw-la dominus_fw-la autem_fw-la medium_n orationis_fw-la cursum_fw-la interrumpens_fw-la festinus_fw-la ingerit_fw-la se_fw-la &_o animae_fw-la desideranti_fw-la festinus_fw-la occurrit_fw-la celestis_fw-la roar_n dulcedinis_fw-la circumfusus_fw-la etc._n etc._n et_fw-la sicut_fw-la in_o quibusdam_fw-la carnalibus_fw-la officiis_fw-la anima_fw-la adeo_fw-la vincitur_fw-la carnaeli_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la quod_fw-la omnem_fw-la usum_fw-la rationis_fw-la amittit_fw-la &_o fit_a homo_fw-la quasi_fw-la totus_fw-la carnalis_fw-la ita_fw-la meritò_fw-la in_o hat_n superna_fw-la contemplatione_fw-la ita_fw-la consumuntur_fw-la &_o absorbentur_fw-la carnales_fw-la motus_fw-la ab_fw-la anima_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o nullo_n caro_fw-la spiritui_fw-la contradicat_fw-la &_o fiat_fw-la homo_fw-la quasi_fw-la totus_fw-la spiritualis_fw-la then_o speak_v of_o the_o sigh_n and_o tear_n dulciores_fw-la super_fw-la mell_v &_o favum_fw-la which_o in_o the_o great_a alteration_n dilating_n and_o impulse_n of_o the_o heart_n plentiful_o flow_v in_o such_o supernatural_a visit_n and_o the_o difficulty_n to_o express_v how_o in_o these_o the_o soul_n be_v affect_v sed_fw-la quid_fw-la say_v he_o hujusmodi_fw-la secreta_fw-la colloquia_fw-la proferimus_fw-la in_o publicum_fw-la cur_n ineffabiles_fw-la &_o inerrabiles_fw-la affectus_fw-la verbis_fw-la communibus_fw-la conamur_fw-la exprimere_fw-la inexperti_fw-la talia_fw-la non_fw-la intelligunt_fw-la nisi_fw-la ea_fw-la expressius_fw-la legant_fw-la in_o libro_fw-la experientiae_fw-la quos_fw-la ipsa_fw-la docet_fw-la unctio_fw-la and_o then_o again_o lament_v the_o shortness_n of_o their_o stay_n quomodo_fw-la remanet_fw-la anima_fw-la spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la fervore_fw-la discedente_fw-la bonum_fw-la erat_fw-la nobis_fw-la hic_fw-la esse_fw-la sed_fw-la jam_fw-la dicit_fw-la sponsus_fw-la dimitte_v i_o etc._n etc._n venit_fw-la o_fw-la sponsa_fw-la ad_fw-la consolationem_fw-la recedit_fw-la ad_fw-la cautelam_fw-la ne_fw-la magnitudo_fw-la consolationis_fw-la extollat_fw-la te_fw-la hanc_fw-la autem_fw-la gratiam_fw-la cui_fw-la vult_fw-la &_o quando_fw-la vult_fw-la sponsus_fw-la tribuit_fw-la as_o he_o say_v elsewhere_o 18._o o_o quam_fw-la jucundum_fw-la sentitur_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la esset_fw-la tam_fw-la modicum_fw-la raptum_fw-la again_o of_o the_o same_o thing_n in_o his_o tract_n xxxviii_o de_fw-fr vita_fw-la solitaria_fw-la ad_fw-la fratres_n de_fw-fr monte_fw-fr dei_fw-la 1045._o he_o speak_v in_o this_o manner_n dilecto_fw-la dei_fw-la aliquando_fw-la vicissim_fw-la lumen_fw-la quoddam_fw-la vultus_fw-la dei_fw-la ostenditur_fw-la sicut_fw-la lumen_fw-la clausum_fw-la in_o manibus_fw-la paâ—et_fw-la &_o latet_fw-la ad_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la tenentis_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la hoc_fw-la quod_fw-la quasi_fw-la in_o transcursu_fw-la vel_fw-la in_o
the_o night_n before_o his_o passion_n where_o caepit_fw-la pavere_fw-la &_o caedere_fw-la say_v the_o evangelist_n 14.33_o and_o that_o sad_a expression_n come_v from_o he_o tristis_fw-la est_fw-la anima_fw-la mea_fw-la usque_n ad_fw-la mortem_fw-la tarry_v here_o and_o watch_v with_o i_o yet_o these_o desolation_n also_o in_o a_o soul_n thus_o far_o advance_v in_o grace_n be_v not_o void_a of_o a_o mixture_n of_o joy_n and_o satisfaction_n that_o it_o have_v always_o in_o god_n will_v be_v perform_v in_o they_o which_o will_v of_o god_n now_o in_o whatever_o happen_v be_v a_o constant_a consolation_n to_o it_o and_o the_o apostle_n precept_n of_o semper_fw-la gaudete_fw-la be_v thus_o accomplish_v in_o such_o a_o soul_n as_o well_o as_o his_o orate_a sine_fw-la intermissione_n 5.16.17_o and_o go_v together_o for_o there_o can_v want_v content_a where_o the_o mind_n have_v its_o desire_n nor_o do_v such_o a_o mind_n want_v this_o that_o be_v unanimous_a with_o the_o divine_a will_n the_o want_n of_o which_o conformity_n be_v only_o from_o the_o love_a of_o something_o that_o be_v against_o his_o will._n worldly_a sorrow_n say_v s._n gregory_n affligentes_fw-la cruciant_fw-la but_o these_o spiritual_a reficiunt_fw-la dum_fw-la affligunt_fw-la in_o the_o one_o be_v in_o afflictione_n maeror_fw-la but_o in_o the_o other_o in_o merore_fw-la letitia_fw-la 13._o nay_o more_o true_a sweetness_n in_o these_o sorrow_n then_o in_o the_o other_o joy_n and_o the_o abstain_v in_o such_o a_o sharp_a trial_n from_o all_o sin_n against_o god_n or_o seek_v comfort_n from_o any_o thing_n beside_o he_o or_o give_v over_o her_o accustom_a exercise_n of_o piety_n argue_v also_o then_o a_o close_a union_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o god_n though_o not_o so_o sensible_a and_o that_o when_o it_o think_v itself_o far_a from_o he_o it_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n the_o near_a to_o he_o last_o by_o and_o upon_o these_o spiritual_a desolation_n ordinary_o it_o be_v that_o the_o soul_n afterward_o 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