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2._o why_o some_o scholar_n be_v so_o sharp_o and_o hardly_o entreat_v in_o this_o school_n chap._n 3._o five_o kind_n of_o punishment_n and_o affliction_n be_v several_o express_v chap._n 4._o other_o five_o kind_n of_o affliction_n be_v particular_o explicate_v chap._n 5._o what_o fault_n be_v chief_o to_o be_v avoid_v in_o the_o school_n of_o patience_n chap._n 6._o the_o second_o part_n affliction_n teach_v man_n to_o be_v courageous_a and_o faithful_a chap._n 1._o affliction_n teach_v commiseration_n and_o abstinence_n chap._n 2._o affliction_n teach_v prayer_n and_o mortification_n chap._n 3._o affliction_n teach_v prudence_n and_o modesty_n chap._n 4._o affliction_n for_o divers_a respect_n be_v very_o profitable_a and_o for_o the_o most_o part_n that_o which_o harm_v warn_v chap._n 5_o all_o affliction_n be_v from_o god_n whosoever_o he_o be_v that_o impose_v they_o chap._n 6._o the_o three_o part_n that_o affliction_n be_v to_o be_v endure_v patient_o chap._n 1._o that_o 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