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strict_a account_n and_o you_o shall_v certain_o find_v and_o happy_o experience_n that_o of_o a_o kempis_n to_o be_v a_o great_a truth_n 11._o truth_n suaviter_fw-la requiesee_v si_fw-la cor_fw-la tuum_fw-la te_fw-la non_fw-la reprehenderit_fw-la noli_fw-la laetari_fw-la nisi_fw-la cùm_fw-la bene_fw-la feceris_fw-la a_o kemp._n l._n c._n 6_o n_o 1._o gaudebis_fw-la semper_fw-la vespere_fw-la si_fw-la diem_fw-la expendas_fw-la fructuosè_fw-la idem_fw-la l._n 1._o c._n 25._o n._n 11._o thou_o shall_v sweet_o rest_v if_o thy_o own_o heart_n reprehend_v thou_o not_o thou_o shall_v rejoice_v and_o be_v glad_a at_o heart_n every_o night_n if_o thou_o have_v not_o lose_v but_o fruitful_o spend_v the_o day_n past_a perfectione_n past_a de_fw-fr perfectione_n rodericus_fw-la relate_v of_o suarez_n that_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o say_v he_o esteem_v that_o little_a pittance_n of_o time_n which_o constant_o every_o day_n he_o set_v apart_o for_o the_o private_a examination_n of_o his_o own_o 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carry_v a_o conscience_n within_o thou_o