5p17d.md (377B)
1 All ideas, in so far as they are referred to God, are 2 true (II. xxxii.), that is (II. Def. iv.) adequate; and 3 therefore (by the general Def. of the Emotions) God is without 4 passions. Again, God cannot pass either to a greater or to a 5 lesser perfection (I. xx. Coroll. ii.); therefore (by Def. of 6 the Emotions, ii. iii.) he is not affected by any emotion of 7 pleasure or pain. 8 9