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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v not_o in_o a_o paroxysm_n it_o burn_v not_o in_o anger_n it_o be_v meek_a and_o calm_a never_o take_v fire_n unless_o to_o warm_v other_o with_o its_o benign_a beam_n of_o mercy_n it_o give_v honey_n but_o do_v not_o easy_o sting_v 3._o the_o apostle_n set_v forth_o the_o excellency_n of_o this_o grace_n of_o love_n comparative_a by_o lay_v it_o in_o the_o balance_n with_o other_o grace_n ver_fw-la 13._o and_o now_o abide_v faith_n hope_n charity_n these_o three_o but_o the_o great_a of_o these_o be_v charity_n he_o compare_v love_n with_o faith_n and_o hope_n and_o then_o set_v the_o ctown_n upon_o love_n indeed_o in_o some_o sense_n faith_n be_v great_a than_o charity_n 1._o ordine_fw-la causalitatis_fw-la in_o respect_n of_o causality_n faith_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o charity_n therefore_o more_o noble_a for_o as_o austin_n say_v proficiscitur_fw-la say_v quicquid_fw-la pulchritudinis_fw-la in_o arbore_fw-la ex_fw-la radice_fw-la proficiscitur_fw-la 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