5p19d.md (248B)
1 For, if a man should so endeavour, he would desire (V. 2 xvii. Coroll.) that God, whom he loves, should not be God, and 3 consequently he would desire to feel pain (III. xix.); which is 4 absurd (III. xxviii.). Therefore, he who loves God, &c. Q.E.D. 5 6