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although_o he_o be_v certain_o persuade_v that_o he_o have_v attain_v the_o blessing_n of_o everlasting_a life_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o walafridus_n and_o when_o magnus_n afterward_o be_v in_o his_o death_n bed_n he_o be_v say_v to_o have_v use_v these_o word_n unto_o tozzo_n bishop_n of_o ausborough_n that_o come_v to_o visit_v he_o canissi_n do_v not_o weep_v reverend_a prelate_n because_o thou_o behold_v i_o labour_v in_o so_o many_o storm_n of_o worldly_a trouble_n because_o i_o believe_v in_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n that_o my_o soul_n shall_v rejoice_v in_o the_o freedom_n of_o immortality_n yet_o i_o beseech_v thou_o that_o thou_o will_v not_o cease_v to_o help_v i_o a_o sinner_n and_o my_o soul_n with_o thy_o holy_a prayer_n then_o follow_v that_o at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o departure_n this_o voice_n be_v hear_v ibid._n come_v magnus_n come_v receive_v the_o crown_n which_o the_o lord_n have_v prepare_v for_o thou_o and_o that_o thereupon_o tozzo_n say_v unto_o theodorus_n the_o suppose_a writer_n of_o this_o history_n ibid._n let_v we_o cease_v weep_v brother_n because_o we_o ought_v rather_o to_o rejoice_v have_v hear_v this_o sign_n of_o the_o receive_n of_o his_o soul_n unto_o immortality_n than_o to_o make_v lamentation_n but_o let_v we_o go_v to_o the_o church_n and_o be_v careful_a to_o offer_v healthful_a sacrifice_n to_o the_o lord_n for_o so_o dear_a a_o friend_n i_o dispute_v not_o of_o the_o credit_n of_o these_o particular_a passage_n it_o be_v sufficient_a that_o the_o author_n from_o who_o we_o have_v receive_v they_o live_v within_o the_o compass_n of_o those_o time_n whereof_o we_o now_o do_v treat_v for_o thereby_o it_o be_v plain_a enough_o and_o if_o it_o be_v not_o it_o shall_v elsewhere_o be_v make_v yet_o more_o plain_a that_o in_o those_o elder_a day_n it_o be_v a_o usual_a thing_n to_o make_v prayer_n and_o oblation_n for_o the_o rest_n of_o those_o soul_n which_o be_v not_o doubt_v to_o have_v be_v in_o glory_n and_o consequent_o that_o neither_o the_o commemoration_n nor_o the_o pray_v for_o the_o dead_a nor_o the_o requiem_n mass_n of_o that_o age_n have_v any_o necessary_a relation_n to_o the_o belief_n of_o purgatory_n the_o lesson_n therefore_o which_o claudius_n teach_v we_o here_o out_o of_o saint_n hierome_n be_v very_o good_a that_o 6._o while_o we_o be_v in_o this_o present_a world_n we_o may_v be_v able_a to_o help_v one_o another_o either_o by_o our_o prayer_n orâ—_n by_o our_o counsel_n but_o when_o we_o shall_v come_v before_o the_o judgement_n seat_n of_o christ_n neither_o job_n nor_o daniel_n nor_o noah_n can_v entreat_v for_o any_o one_o but_o every_o one_o must_v bear_v his_o own_o burden_n and_o the_o advice_n which_o the_o no_o less_o learned_a than_o godly_a abbot_n columbanus_n give_v we_o be_v very_o safe_a not_o to_o pitch_v upon_o uncertainty_n hereafter_o but_o now_o to_o trust_v in_o god_n and_o follow_v the_o precept_n of_o christ_n while_o our_o life_n do_v yet_o remain_v and_o while_o the_o time_n wherein_o we_o may_v obtain_v salvation_n be_v certain_a vive_fw-fr deo_fw-la fidens_fw-la say_v hunaldum_n he_o christi_fw-la praecepta_fw-la sequendo_fw-la dum_fw-la modò_fw-la vita_fw-la manet_fw-la dum_fw-la tempora_fw-la certa_fw-la salutis_fw-la whereunto_o john_n the_o briton_n another_o son_n of_o sulgen_n bishop_n of_o st._n david_n seem_v also_o to_o have_v have_v a_o eye_n when_o at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o poëme_n which_o he_o write_v of_o his_o own_o and_o his_o father_n life_n he_o pray_v for_o himself_o in_o the_o same_o manner_n ut_fw-la genitor_fw-la clemens_fw-la solitâ_fw-la pielate_fw-la remittat_fw-la factis_fw-la aut_fw-la dictis_fw-la quae_fw-la gessi_fw-la cord_n nefando_fw-la dum_fw-la mihi_fw-la vita_fw-la manet_fw-la dum_fw-la flendi_fw-la flumina_fw-la possunt_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la tartareis_fw-la nullius_fw-la cura_fw-la subintrat_fw-la chap._n iu._n of_o the_o worship_n of_o god_n the_o public_a form_n