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- forgives, preserves, cleanses
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- everlastingly joy to Thyself
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- Truth
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- incommutable
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- God of vengeance, Fountain of mercies
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- The divine entity referred to as 'merciful Father,' 'Lord my God,' and 'King,' who is everlastingly joyous and rejoices over penitents.
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- Lord, my God, Thou my true life, sweet Light
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- assured Monnica by a vision
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- unchanging
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- hope from youth
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- object of confession and love
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- my God, O Lord
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- merciful Father, King
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- separatedThe Narrator's Mind
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- The narrator acknowledges that God distinguished him from animals by granting him greater wisdom and a different spiritual path.
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- Him who hath separated me from the four-footed beasts and made me wiser than the fowls of the air
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- directsNarrator
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- The narrator acknowledges that God's hidden mystery and providence guided him.
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- Who didst at that time direct me by the hidden mystery of Thy providence
- does not forsakeNarrator's soul
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- The narrator feels God's hands, through secret providence, did not abandon him.
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- For Thy hands, O my God, in the secret purpose of Thy providence, did not forsake my soul
- deals withNarrator
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- The narrator attributes his experiences to God's miraculous methods.
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- and Thou didst deal with me by wondrous ways.
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- prays to
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- But to Thee, Fountain of mercies, poured she forth more copious prayers and tears, that Thou wouldest hasten Thy help, and enlighten my darkness
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:20.541Z
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- createdIn the Beginning God created heaven and earth
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- The quote directly attributes the act of creation of heaven and earth to God.
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- In the Beginning God created heaven and earth
- issued_commandIncrease and multiply (Divine Command)
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- God is stated to have given this blessing and command to certain kinds of beings.
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- enounces_throughHoly Ghost
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- God conveys truths through the Holy Ghost, who then communicates them to people.
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- it pleased the Holy Ghost thus to enounce
- madeCreated World
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- God is the ultimate maker and creator of the universal creation, which comprises the created world.
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- the universal creation, which God made in His Wisdom
- creates_inDivine Wisdom (The Beginning)
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- God's act of creation, particularly the universal creation, is understood to have occurred 'in His Wisdom', which is also called 'the Beginning'.
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- God made in His Wisdom, that is, in the Beginning
- is_author_ofDivine Law (Biblical)
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- Our Master, God, is understood to have established and connected all the Law and the Prophets to two fundamental commandments.
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- And well did our Master know, upon which two commandments He hung all the Law and the Prophets
- created_throughDivine Word (Coeternal with God)
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- One interpretation states that God created the intelligible and sensible creatures 'in His Word coeternal with Himself'.
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- in His Word coeternal with Himself, God made the intelligible and the sensible
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- took_life_ofNarrator's Youthful Friend
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- The Narrator attributes the death of his youthful friend to God's divine intervention, describing it as 'wonderful means' to guide individuals.
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- Thou tookest that man out of this life
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:25.021Z
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- is_source_ofJoy
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- God Himself is identified as the true joy for those who love Him for His own sake.
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- whose joy Thou Thyself art
- isTruth
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- The speaker identifies God directly as the Truth.
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- Who art the Truth, O God my light
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:28.265Z
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- teachesProphets
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- God teaches the Prophets about future events, indicating a divine ability to communicate foreknowledge.
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- For Thou didst teach Thy Prophets.
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:29.293Z
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- madeHeaven and Earth (Creation)
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- The Scripture states that God created heaven and earth, which can be understood as the spiritual and corporeal creature.
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- God had made heaven and earth, namely, the spiritual and corporeal creature.
- madeCherubim
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- It is most apparent that God made Cherubim, even if not explicitly stated in the Genesis narrative.
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- All which that God made, is most apparent.
- madeSeraphim
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- It is most apparent that God made Seraphim, even if not explicitly stated in the Genesis narrative.
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- All which that God made, is most apparent.
- commandedWaters (Primordial)
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- God commanded the waters under the firmament to be gathered together.
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- God said, Let the waters under the firmament be gathered together, that so the gathering together be itself the forming of them
- createdVisible and Invisible Creature
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- God created all things, both visible and invisible, in His incommutable world.
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- in Thy incommutable world Thou createdst all things visible and invisible
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:30.107Z
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- boundDevil
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- God, referred to as 'our King,' bound the 'strong man' (the Devil), allowing his former vessels to be cleansed and made serviceable.
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- our King hath bound the strong man, and they saw his vessels taken from him and cleansed, and made meet for Thy honour; and become serviceable for the Lord, unto every good work
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:46.534Z
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