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verbo_fw-la dicam_fw-la indigentium_fw-la be_v omnium_fw-la curator_n est_fw-la s._n justin_n apol._n 2._o on_o the_o day_n which_o be_v call_v sunday_n there_o be_v assemble_v all_o those_o who_o live_v in_o the_o town_n or_o country_n and_o there_o be_v read_v the_o book_n of_o the_o apostle_n or_o the_o write_n of_o the_o prophet_n according_a as_o time_n permit_v after_o the_o read_n he_o who_o presides_n make_v a_o discourse_n by_o which_o he_o instruct_v the_o people_n and_o exhort_v they_o to_o practise_v those_o excellent_a thing_n which_o be_v read_v afterward_o we_o all_o rise_v and_o offer_v our_o prayer_n to_o god._n these_o thing_n be_v finish_v there_o be_v a_o oblation_n make_v of_o bread_n wine_n and_o water_n the_o celebrant_a continue_v his_o prayer_n and_o thanksgiving_n the_o people_n answer_v by_o their_o acclamation_n amen_n then_o be_v perform_v the_o distribution_n and_o communication_n of_o the_o holy_a mystery_n to_o every_o one_o present_a last_o those_o 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quoniam_fw-la eruis_fw-la sustinentes_fw-la te_fw-la domine_fw-la &_o liberasti_fw-la i_o de_fw-fr perditione_n eccl._n 5._o tribulation_n say_v the_o wiseman_n have_v environ_v i_o on_o every_o side_n and_o there_o be_v no_o one_o that_o will_v assist_v i_o i_o call_v to_o mind_v thy_o mercy_n o_o god_n know_v that_o thou_o succore_v those_o who_o trust_v in_o thou_o and_o thou_o have_v deliver_v i_o from_o my_o destruction_n these_o be_v the_o three_o most_o ordinary_a artifices_fw-la the_o devil_n make_v use_v of_o against_o young_a person_n in_o their_o temptation_n and_o all_o three_o be_v pursue_v in_o order_n for_o first_o he_o hide_v from_o they_o the_o evil_a and_o make_v they_o believe_v it_o be_v not_o so_o great_a as_o in_o reality_n it_o be_v next_o he_o persuade_v they_o that_o they_o may_v easy_o discharge_v themselves_o of_o it_o and_o in_o fine_a when_o he_o have_v they_o deep_o engage_v he_o make_v the_o difficulty_n to_o abstain_v vast_a and_o prodigious_a in_o appearance_n that_o they_o may_v not_o attempt_v to_o acquit_v themselves_o of_o it_o reflect_v well_o upon_o these_o three_o artifices_fw-la and_o have_v a_o care_v not_o to_o be_v delude_v by_o they_o article_n vi._n of_o two_o considerable_a fault_n which_o ordinary_o happen_v to_o young_a person_n in_o temptation_n beside_o the_o fault_n they_o commit_v who_o permit_v themselves_o to_o be_v deceive_v by_o the_o three_o former_a artifices_fw-la they_o fall_v into_o two_o other_o which_o cause_n great_a difficulty_n in_o they_o and_o which_o you_o must_v observe_v that_o you_o may_v careful_o avoid_v they_o the_o first_o be_v that_o when_o they_o see_v themselves_o attack_v by_o frequent_a temptation_n fault_n first_o fault_n they_o present_o become_v impatient_a and_o after_o have_v resist_v for_o a_o while_n lose_v courage_n and_o yield_v to_o the_o enemy_n believe_v that_o they_o can_v resist_v he_o this_o error_n be_v very_o ordinary_a among_o young_a people_n and_o it_o give_v 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vestrum_fw-la constituistis_fw-la ei_fw-la sed_fw-la quia_fw-la patience_n est_fw-la dominus_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la ipso_fw-la poeniteamus_fw-la &_o indulgentiam_fw-la ejus_fw-la fusis_fw-la lacrymis_fw-la postulemus_fw-la expectemus_fw-la humiles_fw-la consolationem_fw-la ejus_fw-la judith_n 8._o who_o be_v you_o that_o thus_o tempt_v our_o lord_n this_o design_n be_v not_o to_o attract_v the_o divine_a bounty_n to_o you_o but_o to_o provoke_v his_o fury_n and_o revenge_n what_o have_v you_o limit_v a_o time_n for_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n and_o appoint_v a_o day_n to_o succour_v you_o we_o must_v not_o proceed_v in_o this_o manner_n let_v we_o do_v penance_n let_v we_o demand_v pardon_n with_o many_o tear_n and_o with_o all_o humility_n expect_v his_o comfort_n i_o say_v the_o same_o to_o you_o dear_a theotime_n when_o you_o vex_v yourself_o in_o temptation_n and_o despair_v to_o be_v able_a to_o resist_v they_o you_o take_v a_o resolution_n at_o length_n to_o deliver_v yourself_o 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suffer_v much_o lose_v the_o assistance_n they_o ought_v to_o receive_v from_o they_o for_o their_o eternal_a salvation_n or_o else_o render_v they_o incapable_a of_o sufficient_o acquit_v themselves_o of_o that_o labour_n and_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o many_o soul_n be_v damn_a by_o their_o incapacity_n which_o bar_v they_o from_o instruct_v they_o in_o those_o thing_n they_o ought_v to_o know_v and_o in_o a_o word_n from_o direct_v they_o in_o the_o way_n of_o salvation_n which_o the_o great_a part_n know_v not_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v conceive_v how_o many_o soul_n be_v lose_v by_o the_o ignorance_n of_o priest_n declamat_fw-la priest_n quid_fw-la enim_fw-la periculi_fw-la sit_fw-la ubi_fw-la non_fw-la invenit_fw-la pastor_n pascua_fw-la dux_fw-la ignorat_fw-la itineris_fw-la viam_fw-la servus_n nescit_fw-la domini_fw-la voluntatem_fw-la ecclesia_fw-la quotidie_fw-la multipliciter_fw-la &_o miserabiliter_fw-la experitur_fw-la s._n bern._n in_o declamat_fw-la the_o church_n say_v 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this_o condition_n or_o prepare_v yourself_o for_o it_o set_v frequent_o before_o your_o eye_n those_o excellent_a word_n of_o s._n augustin_n write_v to_o a_o friend_n of_o he_o who_o demand_v of_o he_o counsel_n concern_v a_o ecclesiastical_a state._n 184._o state._n ante_fw-la omne_fw-la peto_fw-la ut_fw-la cogitet_fw-la religiosa_fw-la prudentia_fw-la tua_fw-la nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o maxim_n hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la facilius_fw-la &_o levius_fw-la &_o hominibus_fw-la acceptabilius_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la &_o diaconi_fw-la officio_fw-la si_fw-la persunctorie_n &_o adulatorie_a res_fw-la agatur_fw-la sed_fw-la nihil_fw-la apud_fw-la deum_fw-la miserabilius_fw-la &_o tristius_fw-la &_o damnabilius_fw-la item_n nihil_fw-la esse_fw-la in_o hac_fw-la vita_fw-la &_o maxim_n hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la difficilius_fw-la laboriosius_fw-la &_o periculosius_fw-la episcopi_fw-la presbyteri_fw-la aut_fw-la diaconi_fw-la officio_fw-la sed_fw-la apud_fw-la 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