xix.); which is absurd (III.

xxviii.).

Therefore, he who loves God, &c.

Q.E.D.
PROP.XX.

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.
Proof .-- This love towards God is the highest good which we can seek for under the guidance of reason (IV.