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Proposition — Part V

Latin

Hic erga Deum amor neque invidiæ neque zelotypiæ affectu inquinari potest sed eo magis fovetur quo plures homines eodem amoris vinculo cum Deo junctos imaginamur.

English (Elwes 1883)

This love towards God cannot be stained by the emotion of envy or jealousy: contrariwise, it is the more fostered, in proportion as we conceive a greater number of men to be joined to God by the same bond of love.

Modern English

This love toward God cannot be tainted by the affect of envy or jealousy. On the contrary, it is fostered the more as we imagine more people joined to God by the same bond of love.