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189._o to_o 200_o it_o be_v better_a to_o feel_v then_o imagine_v christ_n crucify_v p._n 200._o to_o 210_o chap._n nineteenth_o christ_n most_o abase_v most_o to_o be_v embrace_v p._n 210._o to_o p._n 220_o chap._n twenty_o the_o godhead_n be_v know_v in_o god-man_n alone_o p._n 220_o to_o 224_o god_n humanise_v be_v the_o divine_a mystery_n pag._n 224._o to_o 228_o the_o flesh_n clothe_v godhead_n be_v suit_v to_o our_o capacity_n p._n 228._o to_o 229_o the_o sign_n of_o the_o godhead_n draw_v not_o from_o the_o manhood_n p._n 230._o to_o 238_o the_o fullness_n of_o the_o godhead_n in_o the_o suffering_n of_o the_o manhood_n p._n 238._o to_o 241_o if_o god_n be_v as_o very_o find_v as_o man_n upon_o the_o cross_n and_o both_o know_v to_o make_v but_o one_o person_n we_o shall_v aspire_v no_o high_o than_o the_o cross_n of_o christ_n pag._n 241._o to_o the_o end_n the_o three_o part_n of_o the_o rule_n of_o perfection_n of_o the_o essential_a will_n of_o god_n practise_v in_o the_o 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