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Fifthly, no such joy as is to be had in communion with them, because of their entireness of love, entireness ¹of love is a lovely sight. Dionysius seeing two entire friends together, wished himself the third. Cant. 6. 9. My Dove is but one, and it follows, the ⟨p. 250⟩daughters saw her, and blessed her; an oneness of heart is a blessed thing, no such entireness, such oneness any where as amongst the Saints: their love is spiritual, and not upon base grounds, as the love of others is, there is not that base aiming at self as in others: a carnal heart cannot love another, but in some base respect to himself; but now it is not self that is the the ground of the love between those that are truly gracious and godly, but God that is between them, and with them, the ground of their love is more spiritual, and therefore it is a kind of divine love, and not so drossy as others.

Fifthly, no such joy as is to be had in communion with them, because of their entireness of love, entireness ¹of love is a lovely sight. Dionisius seeing two entire friends together, wished himself the third. Cant. 6. 9. My Dove is but one, and it follows, the ⟨p. 250⟩daughters saw her, and blessed her; an oneness of heart is a blessed thing, no such entireness, such oneness any where as amongst the Saints: their love is spiritual, and not upon base grounds, as the love of others is, there is not that base aiming at self as in others: a carnal heart cannot love another, but in some base respect to himself; but now it is not self that is the the ground of the love between those that are truly gracious and godly, but God that is between them, and with them, the ground of their love is more spiritual, and therefore it is a kinde of divine love, and not so drossie as others.

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