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aug._n de_fw-fr ord._n 1._o 1._o 1._o it_o be_v one_o for_o excellency_n bonum_fw-la simplex_fw-la omnis_fw-la boni_fw-la bonum_fw-la &_o bonum_fw-la quo_fw-la cuncta_fw-la bona_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o à _fw-la quo_fw-la cuncta_fw-la bona_fw-la sunt_fw-la august_n in_o hunc_fw-la locum_fw-la non_fw-la participatione_fw-la ullius_fw-la boni_fw-la sed_fw-la essentia_fw-la aug._n mor._n man._n 4._o 2._o one_o for_o sufficiency_n omnibus_fw-la omne_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la omne_fw-la administrat_fw-la bernard_n 124._o 2._o 1._o sam._n 1._o 8._o 3._o one_o for_o integrity_n matth._n 11._o 28._o pariter_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la totum_fw-la &_o à _fw-la singulis_fw-la possidetur_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr verb._n dom._n ser._n 18._o fol._n 47._o col_fw-fr 4._o simul_fw-la omnes_fw-la plenè_fw-la integreque_fw-la possidemus_fw-la bernar._n cantic_a 12._o auditur_fw-la verbum_fw-la à _fw-la singulis_fw-la totum_fw-la aug._n epist._n 3._o non_fw-fr est_fw-fr socialis_fw-la â—elicitas_fw-la quam_fw-la torquet_fw-la aliena_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr temp._n serm._n 234._o fol._n 340._o col_fw-fr 4._o tolle_o invidiam_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la meum_fw-la est_fw-la tuum_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la sque_fw-la habet_fw-la quod_fw-la amat_fw-la in_o altero_fw-la august_n tract_n 67._o 4._o one_o for_o efficacy_n john_n 17._o 23._o una_fw-la est_fw-la consubstantialis_fw-la altera_fw-la consentibilis_fw-la bernard_n cant._n 71._o act_n 4._o 32._o omnes_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la unum_fw-la sunt_fw-la qui_fw-la vident_fw-la eandem_fw-la faciem_fw-la divinam_fw-la confess_v 10._o 34._o omnium_fw-la nostrum_fw-la anima_fw-la per_fw-la fidem_fw-la est_fw-la una_fw-la anima_fw-la aug._n ps._n 103._o psal._n 73._o 28._o mutâ—ò_fw-la inviscerati_fw-la bernard_n cant._n 72._o happiness_n be_v not_o in_o many_o thing_n prov._n 30._o 15._o abundantia_fw-la laboriosa_fw-la &_o copiosaegestas_fw-la aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 21._o aug._n confess_v 3._o cum_fw-la te_fw-la deum_fw-la meum_fw-la quaero_fw-la beatam_fw-la vitam_fw-la quaero_fw-la aug._n psal._n 16._o 5._o idem_fw-la de_fw-la mor._n ecc._n 8._o confess_v 5._o 1._o there_o be_v no_o chief_a ill_n ill_n oculus_fw-la creatus_fw-la bone_fw-la est_fw-la accessit_fw-la caecitas_fw-la basil._n 181._o aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n 23._o the_o ground_n of_o that_o error_n error_n si_fw-mi contra_fw-la se_fw-la facit_fw-la ipsum_fw-la esse_fw-la sibi_fw-la admit_v aug._n mor._n man._n 2._o four_o thing_n come_v under_o that_o name_n ill_o root_n ill_o fruit_n ill_o punishment_n ill_o nature_n or_o substance_n aug._n ver_fw-la rel._n c._n 25._o good_a be_v great_a than_o ill_a the_o least_o ill_o be_v great_a god_n the_o fountain_n of_o happiness_n happiness_n cant._n 5._o 4._o 16._o 16._o psal._n 36._o 9_o 9_o jam._n 1._o 17._o 1_o a_o communicate_v good_a 2_o not_o decay_v rom._n 11._o 33._o 3_o preserve_v what_o he_o give_v give_v joh._n 10._o 28._o 28._o joh._n 6._o 37._o 37._o jer._n 32._o 40._o three_o instance_n instance_n psa._n 145._o 15_o pagan_n seek_v happiness_n of_o themselves_o non_fw-la authori_fw-la attribuebant_fw-la sed_fw-la naturae_fw-la autsuae_fw-la industriae_fw-la ber._n cant._n 6._o &_o 22._o they_o contemn_v their_o god_n god_n non_fw-la invenerunt_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la veram_fw-la quia_fw-la svam_fw-la voluerunt_fw-la felicitatem_fw-la aug._n epist_n 48._o pelagius_n the_o father_n of_o that_o pride_n pride_n radix_fw-la peccati_fw-la libertas_fw-la basil_n 128._o popish_a pride_n pride_n non_fw-la intelligit_fw-la divina_fw-la beneficia_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la tantummodo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d deo_fw-la juvari_fw-la putat_fw-la lactant._n 1._o 11._o 11._o periculosius_fw-la erratur_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la quam_fw-la hominibus_fw-la aug._n lib._n arb._n 3._o 21._o 21._o est_fw-la auâ—rsio_fw-la à _fw-la deo_fw-la cùmille_fw-fr cui_fw-la bonum_fw-la est_fw-la deus_fw-la vult_fw-la ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la bonum_fw-la esse_fw-la aug._n lib._n 3._o â—4_n 25._o aug._n lib._n arb._n 2._o 19_o happiness_n be_v god_n gift_n gift_n qui_fw-la puerâ—li_fw-la animositate_fw-la gratis_o seruari_fw-la nolunt_fw-la meritò_fw-la non_fw-la servantur_fw-la bernard_n the_o multitude_n uncertain_a in_o their_o search_n search_n psal._n 4._o 6._o mathemacians_n be_v fatuous_a fatuous_a mathematici_fw-la providentiam_fw-la tollunt_fw-la naz._n monod_n 772._o aug._n psal._n 51._o god_n the_o fountain_n of_o happiness_n happiness_n revertamurne_v evertamur_fw-la aug._n conf._n 4._o 16._o 16._o john_n 6._o 68_o 68_o luke_n 10._o 42._o psalm_n 1._o 3._o he_o communicate_v it_o free_o to_o we_o admonitio_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la fonte_fw-la emanat_fw-la aug._n vit._n beat_v beat_v est_fw-la deus_fw-la quò_fw-la itur_fw-la est_fw-la homo_fw-la quà _fw-la itur_fw-la au._n civ_o 11._o 1._o gen._n 29._o 2_o 20._o zach._n 13._o 1._o john_n 4._o 11._o psal._n 81._o 10._o act._n 16._o 14._o 14._o non_fw-la dilectus_fw-la fecit_fw-la nos_fw-la etc._n etc._n aug._n lib._n arb._n 3._o 20._o cant._n 4._o 16._o the_o 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