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itself_o 76._o chap._n 9_o pa._n 19_o pag._n 76._o and_o be_v neither_o this_o nor_o that_o good_a if_o god_n be_v this_o or_o that_o he_o be_v not_o all_o thing_n nor_o above_o all_o thing_n 13._o that_o there_o be_v no_o action_n but_o essence_n in_o god_n that_o as_o god_n be_v good_a knowledge_n light_n love_n justice_n truth_n and_o virtue_n that_o all_o these_o be_v all_o one_o essence_n in_o god_n onward_o pag._n 74._o pag._n 78._o lin_v 4._o &_o so_o onward_o and_o that_o they_o can_v be_v bring_v into_o action_n yet_o he_o say_v to_o god_n as_o god_n it_o appertain_v that_o he_o lay_v himself_o open_a know_v and_o love_v himself_o that_o he_o manifest_v himself_o to_o himself_o in_o himself_o and_o this_o open_n of_o himself_o be_v the_o distinction_n of_o person_n but_o in_o the_o deify_v man_n there_o be_v something_o belong_v unto_o god_n which_o only_o be_v proper_a and_o appertain_v to_o he_o and_o not_o to_o the_o creature_n and_o god_n be_v that_o in_o himself_o 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