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&_o the_o reconciliation_n will_v be_v easy_o effect_v as_o to_o what_o concern_v god_n interest_n be_v it_o not_o impede_v and_o hinder_v by_o our_o own_o hence_o it_o be_v also_o that_o many_o under_o a_o pretence_n of_o settle_v and_o regulate_v religion_n do_v indeed_o disturb_v and_o disorder_v it_o and_o in_o stead_n of_o right_o guide_v the_o christian_n do_v indeed_o misguide_v he_o while_o they_o stand_v so_o much_o upon_o ceremonal_n which_o be_v of_o their_o own_o make_n as_o that_o they_o much_o more_o neglect_v moral_n which_o be_v god_n undoubted_a command_n and_o so_o desire_v to_o have_v their_o convert_n be_v some_o of_o paul_n some_o of_o apollo_n some_o of_o cephas_n as_o they_o little_a regard_n and_o less_o care_n to_o see_v they_o be_v true_o all_o of_o christ._n and_o yet_o amid_o all_o these_o grand_a miscarriage_n of_o man_n which_o no_o rhetoric_n can_v sufficient_o express_v no_o repentance_n can_v sufficient_o bewail_v though_o we_o find_v much_o that_o 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and_o a_o good_a conscience_n and_o of_o faith_n unfeigned_a which_o aquinas_n thus_o prove_v most_o substantial_o omnes_fw-la enim_fw-la virtutes_fw-la de_fw-la quarum_fw-la actibus_fw-la dantur_fw-la praecepta_fw-la ordinantur_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la purificandum_fw-la cor_fw-la à _fw-la turbationibus_fw-la passionum_fw-la sicut_fw-la virtutes_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la circa_fw-la passiones_fw-la vel_fw-la saltem_fw-la ad_fw-la habendam_fw-la bonam_fw-la conscientiam_fw-la sicut_fw-la virtutes_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la circa_fw-la operationes_fw-la vel_fw-la ad_fw-la habendam_fw-la rectam_fw-la sidem_fw-la sicut_fw-la illae_fw-la quae_fw-la pertinent_a ad_fw-la divinum_fw-la cultum_fw-la &_o haec_fw-la tria_fw-la requiruntur_fw-la ad_fw-la diligendum_fw-la deum_fw-la nam_fw-la cor_fw-la impurum_fw-la à _fw-la dei_fw-la dilectione_n abstr_n ahitur_fw-la propter_fw-la passionem_fw-la inclinantem_fw-la ad_fw-la terram_fw-la conscientia_fw-la vero_fw-la mala_fw-la facit_fw-la 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pure_a we_o do_v in_o effect_n say_v it_o be_v holy_a as_o not_o culpable_a it_o be_v unpassionate_a as_o not_o penal_a it_o be_v unwearied_a as_o not_o corporal_a it_o be_v unblameable_a as_o not_o inconvenient_a but_o it_o shall_v be_v enough_o at_o present_a to_o say_v god_n be_v pure_a as_o love_a purity_n and_o command_v it_o and_o as_o punish_v impurity_n first_o god_n be_v pure_a as_o love_a purity_n bless_a be_v the_o pure_a in_o heart_n for_o they_o shall_v see_v god_n s._n matth._n 5._o 8._o the_o eye_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v to_o be_v refine_v and_o purge_v before_o it_o can_v behold_v such_o a_o heavenly_a beauty_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o voice_n of_o reason_n proclaim_v our_o sinful_a eye_n to_o be_v as_o bat_n eye_n when_o they_o shall_v discern_v some_o more_o excellent_a create_a truth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v ar._n 2._o metaph._n how_o much_o more_o do_v the_o voice_n of_o religion_n proclaim_v our_o dimness_n of_o sight_n when_o we_o shall_v 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