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ultra_fw-la spes_fw-la proverb_n in_o cap._n 11._o
thowe_v so_o careful_a for_o waste_v away_o in_o thy_o purgation_n what_o shall_v become_v of_o we_o where_o all_o be_v dross_n and_o no_o fine_a substance_n so_o continual_a sin_v and_o so_o little_a saulue_n where_o the_o dignity_n of_o priesthood_n whereby_o thowe_n conceive_v such_o comforth_o be_v almost_o wear_v away_o his_o fear_n be_v so_o hearty_a and_o his_o meditation_n of_o purgatory_n pain_n be_v so_o earnest_a that_o he_o conceyvith_n a_o doubt_n in_o respect_n of_o his_o desert_n of_o waste_v away_o and_o further_o castinge_v in_o to_o damnation_n though_o he_o know_v right_o well_o that_o man_n admit_v to_o the_o temporal_a judgement_n of_o the_o next_o world_n can_v not_o everlasting_o perish_v but_o because_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o one_o be_v so_o like_o the_o other_o the_o grief_n of_o theime_n both_o light_o occupi_v man_n mind_n at_o once_o especial_o where_o man_n case_n be_v doubtful_a and_o often_o deserve_v the_o worse_a of_o the_o twain_o so_o s._n 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avouche_v that_o s._n augustine_n sometime_o deny_v and_o sometime_o doubt_v of_o purgatory_n thus_o he_o write_v then_o ageinst_a such_o deceiver_n and_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o himself_o and_o the_o church_n faith_n say_fw-la si_fw-la etiam_fw-la sic_fw-la conversus_fw-la evadat_fw-la vitam_fw-la vivat_fw-la &_o non_fw-la moriatur_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la promittimus_fw-la quod_fw-la evadet_fw-la omnem_fw-la poenam_fw-la nam_fw-la prius_fw-la purgandus_fw-la est_fw-la igne_fw-la purgationis_fw-la qui_fw-la in_o aliud_fw-la saeculum_fw-la distulit_fw-la fructum_fw-la conversionis_fw-la hic_fw-la autem_fw-la ignis_fw-la etsi_fw-la aeternus_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la miro_fw-la tamen_fw-la modo_fw-la est_fw-la gravis_fw-la excellit_fw-la enim_fw-la omnem_fw-la poenam_fw-la quam_fw-la unquam_fw-la passus_fw-la est_fw-la aliquis_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la nunquam_fw-la enim_fw-la in_o carne_fw-la inuenta_fw-la est_fw-la tanta_fw-la poena_fw-la licet_fw-la mirabilia_fw-la 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