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for_o we_o must_v not_o be_v content_a that_o any_o one_o shall_v terminate_v his_o love_n in_o we_o no_o more_o than_o his_o praise_n we_o shall_v in_o this_o case_n say_v as_o the_o angel_n do_v to_o john_n mutatis_fw-la mutandis_fw-la see_v thou_o do_v it_o not_o i_o be_o thy_o fellow_n servant_n love_n god_n the_o love_n which_o be_v bear_v we_o not_o for_o god_n sake_n offend_v god_n why_o shall_v it_o not_o offend_v we_o for_o it_o be_v our_o duty_n to_o love_n god_n in_o all_o thing_n for_o all_o thing_n and_o above_o all_o thing_n the_o truth_n be_v we_o may_v delight_v in_o these_o because_o it_o be_v
chap._n xi_o wherein_o the_o power_n of_o godliness_n consist_v as_o to_o knowledge_n or_o the_o high_a act_n and_o effect_n of_o knowledge_n 4._o concern_v our_o knowledge_n of_o god_n the_o sign_n of_o its_o perfection_n be_v these_o 1._o when_o we_o be_v rather_o passive_a than_o active_a in_o our_o knowledge_n when_o the_o thought_n of_o god_n always_o end_v in_o admiring_n and_o adore_n of_o he_o and_o in_o such_o a_o case_n the_o understanding_n rather_o suffer_v than_o act_v as_o it_o be_v cease_v from_o its_o operation_n and_o suffer_v itself_o to_o be_v overcome_v by_o the_o object_n it_o be_v quasi_fw-la silentium_fw-la intellectus_fw-la or_o admiration_n when_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n be_v to_o we_o always_o like_o a_o great_a ocean_n whereof_o we_o can_v neither_o fathom_v the_o bottom_n nor_o see_v the_o shore_n 2._o then_o our_o knowledge_n be_v excellent_a when_o it_o never_o come_v with_o light_n alone_o but_o always_o come_v with_o flame_n when_o our_o heart_n be_v as_o much_o ravish_v with_o the_o ecstasy_n of_o love_n as_o the_o understanding_n be_v fill_v with_o admiration_n of_o the_o truth_n those_o that_o be_v in_o love_n seldom_o speak_v or_o think_v of_o their_o belove_a without_o flame_n and_o shall_v we_o be_v such_o tinder_n to_o the_o dark_a beauty_n of_o the_o world_n and_o shall_v we_o lie_v freeze_v in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o glow_a coal_n of_o his_o mercy_n and_o the_o flame_n of_o his_o love_n and_o excellency_n then_o 3._o the_o truth_n of_o god_n have_v wrought_v a_o perfect_a work_n in_o we_o when_o the_o door_n of_o our_o heart_n be_v not_o only_o open_v by_o understanding_n of_o they_o but_o be_v lift_v off_o from_o their_o hinge_n by_o admiration_n so_o that_o they_o stand_v open_a now_o and_o we_o neither_o can_v nor_o will_v think_v of_o any_o thing_n but_o god_n so_o that_o we_o need_v not_o set_v ourselves_o solemn_o to_o think_v of_o he_o or_o else_o we_o can_v have_v no_o thought_n of_o he_o that_o affect_v we_o but_o our_o heart_n be_v so_o fix_v upon_o the_o thought_n of_o he_o that_o nothing_o can_v divert_v we_o as_o mary_n magdalen_n not_o the_o angel_n of_o heaven_n no_o nor_o christ_n until_o he_o appear_v to_o be_v christ_n can_v have_v any_o thing_n from_o she_o but_o they_o have_v take_v away_o my_o lord_n that_o soul_n be_v in_o a_o good_a frame_n that_o have_v its_o door_n shut_v to_o the_o world_n so_o that_o the_o thought_n thereof_o must_v first_o knock_v and_o ask_v leave_n before_o they_o can_v enter_v but_o open_a to_o god_n so_o that_o the_o thought_n of_o he_o may_v come_v in_o when_o they_o please_v 4._o than_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o thing_n of_o god_n have_v obtain_v a_o considerable_a degree_n of_o perfection_n when_o temptation_n can_v stand_v before_o it_o but_o if_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o temptation_n the_o thought_n of_o any_o divine_a truth_n come_v in_o the_o temptation_n fly_v before_o it_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n have_v never_o yet_o attain_v to_o any_o considerable_a degree_n of_o that_o authority_n they_o ought_v to_o have_v over_o we_o when_o temptation_n and_o they_o can_v both_o be_v in_o the_o soul_n together_o when_o a_o temptation_n can_v go_v on_o entice_v the_o soul_n to_o sin_n while_o the_o truth_n of_o god_n look_v it_o in_o the_o very_a face_n when_o a_o father_n can_v by_o his_o look_n or_o threat_n or_o call_v for_o or_o shake_v of_o the_o rod_n rule_v his_o child_n unless_o he_o chastise_v they_o it_o show_v he_o have_v either_o lose_v or_o never_o have_v that_o authority_n over_o they_o that_o he_o shall_v so_o when_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n will_v not_o keep_v we_o in_o awe_n but_o we_o go_v on_o sin_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o such_o truth_n it_o show_v they_o have_v little_a power_n over_o we_o 5._o then_o our_o knowledge_n be_v as_o it_o shall_v be_v when_o the_o truth_n we_o know_v have_v that_o weight_n with_o we_o that_o they_o sink_v down_o into_o our_o 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degree_n have_v murmur_n against_o god_n for_o have_v no_o more_o when_o we_o be_v so_o sensible_a of_o our_o own_o vileness_n that_o the_o least_o temporal_a blessing_n seem_v wonder_n of_o mercy_n to_o we_o and_o when_o god_n lay_v upon_o we_o never_o so_o great_a a_o weight_n of_o affliction_n yet_o even_o then_o we_o can_v admire_v his_o mercy_n and_o bless_v he_o more_o that_o we_o be_v not_o in_o a_o worse_a condition_n than_o murmur_n that_o we_o be_v so_o bad_a and_o cry_v out_o it_o be_v his_o mercy_n that_o we_o be_v not_o consume_v when_o god_n mercy_n humble_v thou_o and_o god_n affliction_n fill_v thou_o with_o his_o praise_n when_o thou_o can_v see_v thy_o own_o vileness_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o god_n mercy_n and_o god_n goodness_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o thy_o affliction_n and_o be_v powerful_o affect_v with_o they_o than_o thy_o heart_n be_v in_o a_o right_a frame_n a_o sinner_n that_o murmur_n on_o this_o side_n of_o hell_n if_o he_o be_v true_o sensible_a of_o his_o 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