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made. So we must love above all else Him who
made and formed us and to know willingly how much
power and authority we have through him, so that if we are willing
to love him we will be lords of all that He possesses.
For let us love him then with all our strength, and
thus will we act like wise men. Otherwise we will have
great trouble, for by our own action we [will]
lose all those good things which our Lord has made
for us. For indeed God would lose nothing of them.
Surely He made them so that we might have them, since
by our good acts we know how to discern ( see note_ them.
And for this purpose, by his grace he has given us wit, understanding,
and power. [rubric] You will hear why God formed man
in his own image and likeness.

When God formed
man, He wanted
to make and create him in his own image
and likeness
so that he would be remember
the good things that He had
given him, and so that he could