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A06445 A paradise of prayers containing the purity of deuotion and meditation / gathered out of all the spirituall exercises of Levves of Granado ; and Englished for the benefit of the Christian reader. Luis, de Granada, 1504-1588.; Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625. 1614 (1614) STC 16916.7; ESTC S2798 125,023 356

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in_o contempt_n or_o disgrace_n of_o thy_o holy_a name_n yet_o o_o lord_n there_o be_v many_o thing_n which_o yet_o i_o want_v for_o nothing_o be_v present_o reduce_v from_o his_o not_o be_v to_o his_o perfect_a be_v but_o all_o thing_n tend_v to_o their_o perfection_n by_o certain_a degree_n and_o that_o perfection_n from_o who_o be_v it_o to_o be_v require_v but_o from_o he_o who_o be_v the_o beginner_n of_o this_o work_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o all_o effect_n be_v convert_v to_o their_o cause_n that_o they_o may_v receive_v their_o final_a perfection_n from_o thence_o whence_o they_o have_v their_o beginning_n so_o see_v i_o o_o lord_n the_o plant_n labour_n &_o wrest_v themselves_o on_o every_o side_n that_o they_o may_v behold_v the_o sun_n &_o fasten_v their_o root_n in_o the_o earth_n fish_n forsake_v not_o the_o water_n and_o the_o chicken_n scarce_o hatch_v from_o the_o egg_n hide_v himself_o under_o the_o wing_n of_o the_o hen_n and_o follow_v she_o whither_o soever_o she_o 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