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discourse_v admirable_o on_o this_o subject_a in_o his_o book_n xxxiii_o book_n cap._n xxxiii_o of_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o catholic_n church_n where_o he_o relate_v what_o incredible_a fast_n be_v keep_v in_o some_o monastery_n both_o by_o man_n and_o by_o woman_n yet_o so_o that_o no_o body_n be_v urge_v to_o such_o severity_n as_o they_o can_v not_o bear_v nothing_o be_v impose_v upon_o they_o that_o refuse_v nor_o be_v they_o therefore_o condemn_v by_o the_o rest_n because_o they_o be_v unable_a they_o say_v to_o imitate_v what_o they_o do_v for_o they_o remember_v with_o what_o pain_n the_o scripture_n command_v charity_n to_o we_o all_o and_o be_v not_o unmindful_a of_o the_o word_n of_o s._n paul_n in_o the_o fourteen_o to_o the_o roman_n which_o i_o mention_v before_o out_o of_o s._n chrysostom_n and_o in_o fine_a he_o say_v that_o when_o they_o be_v not_o well_o they_o eat_v those_o thing_n without_o scruple_n from_o which_o they_o abstain_v when_o they_o be_v in_o health_n 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