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contentment_n nor_o shall_v the_o evil_n of_o another_o ever_o enter_v into_o my_o heart_n till_o fire_n commix_v with_o water_n and_o heaven_n with_o earth_n if_o i_o obtain_v my_o end_n all_o shall_v go_v well_o harken_v how_o god_n speak_v in_o the_o prophet_n ezechiel_n to_o these_o wicked_a one_o behold_v i_o come_v to_o fall_v upon_o thou_o 3._o ecce_fw-la ego_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la draco_fw-it magne_fw-la qui_fw-la tuba_fw-la iâ—_n medio_fw-la fluminum_fw-la tuorum_fw-la etc._n etc._n ezec._n 29._o 3._o oh_o thou_o great_a dragon_n who_o lie_v stretch_v out_o at_o length_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o thy_o river_n and_o dare_v saey_v this_o stream_n be_v i_o and_o i_o make_v myself_o assure_v thou_o i_o will_v put_v a_o bridle_n upon_o thou_o and_o when_o i_o
ecclesiam_fw-la ephes_n 5._o 25._o to_o seek_v by_o lawful_a way_n once_o petty_a accommodation_n be_v not_o a_o thing_n of_o itself_o to_o be_v always_o condemn_v servus_n vocarus_fw-la â—es_v non_o fit_a tibi_fw-la curae_fw-la sed_fw-la â—_o potes_fw-la fieri_fw-la libre_fw-la magis_fw-la vtere_fw-la 1_o cor._n 7._o 21._o only_o by_o the_o first_o motive_n of_o nature_n but_o also_o out_o of_o election_n and_o reason_n all_o that_o which_o be_v hurtful_a to_o the_o body_n and_o health_n no_o man_n say_v the_o apostle_n hate_v his_o own_o flesh_n but_o cherish_v and_o entertain_v it_o as_o long_o as_o he_o can_v therein_o imitate_v the_o tenderness_n of_o affection_n which_o jesus_n christ_n have_v for_o his_o church_n i_o add_v that_o it_o be_v not_o also_o my_o intention_n to_o persuade_v that_o one_o shall_v not_o seek_v in_o the_o care_n of_o his_o life_n thing_n the_o most_o commodious_a so_o much_o as_o justice_n and_o reason_n will_v permit_v we_o must_v bear_v with_o servitude_n say_v this_o fore-alledged_n oracle_n if_o we_o be_v engage_v in_o this_o condition_n but_o if_o one_o can_v become_v free_a i_o advise_v he_o rather_o to_o make_v choice_n of_o liberty_n yet_o we_o be_v not_o ignorant_a but_o that_o there_o be_v many_o good_a man_n who_o by_o the_o power_n of_o virtue_n afflict_v their_o body_n and_o prefer_v contempt_n above_o all_o which_o the_o world_n esteem_v that_o they_o may_v conform_v themselves_o to_o the_o suffering_n of_o our_o saviour_n but_o to_o rest_v within_o the_o limit_n of_o curious_a of_o of_o of_o one_o must_v take_v heed_n of_o be_v 〈◊〉_d curious_a civii_fw-la life_n i_o say_v that_o although_o we_o may_v innocent_o use_v the_o blessing_n of_o god_n and_o put_v nature_n to_o its_o small_a pittance_n yet_o we_o must_v take_v heed_n of_o become_v too_o suspicious_a too_o nice_a and_o too_o apprehensive_a of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v not_o according_a to_o our_o appetite_n for_o otherwise_o there_o happen_v great_a 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reconcile_v it_o to_o christiano_n eras_n â—â—da_o &_o confusione_n plena_fw-la &_o transivi_fw-la pert_a vidi_fw-la â—â—_o &_o expandi_fw-la amictum_fw-la meum_fw-la super_fw-la te_fw-la &_o opeâ—uâ—_n ignominram_n tuam_fw-la ezech._n 16._o displicentes_fw-la amati_fw-la snmus_fw-la ut_fw-la fieret_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la unde_fw-la placeremus_fw-la council_n arausican_n ne_n pereuntem_fw-la perire_fw-la patitur_fw-la nec_fw-la abaverso_fw-la avertirur_n sed_fw-la fugientem_fw-la paternâ_fw-la charitate_fw-la insequitur_fw-la revocat_fw-la blanditur_fw-la &_o reâ—erso_fw-it noâ—_n 〈…〉_o ignoscit_fw-la sed_fw-la &_o regnâ—â—_n promerit_n fraâ—â—â—_n abbâ—â—_n l._n 5._o de_fw-la gratia_fw-la the_o humour_n of_o the_o world_n be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o design_n of_o god_n displicet_fw-la avaris_fw-la quòd_fw-la non_fw-la corpus_fw-la aureum_fw-la habuit_fw-la displicet_fw-la impudicis_fw-la quia_fw-la ex_fw-la virgine_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la displicet_fw-la superbis_fw-la quòd_fw-la contumelias_fw-la â—apienter_fw-la pertulit_fw-la displicet_fw-la delicatis_fw-la quòd_fw-la â—ruâ—iatus_fw-la est_fw-la displicet_fw-la timidis_fw-la quòd_fw-la mortuus_fw-la est_fw-la &_o ut_fw-la non_fw-la vitia_fw-la sva_fw-la videantur_fw-la defendere_fw-la unum_fw-la in_o hoc_fw-la dicunt_fw-la sibi_fw-la hoc_fw-la displicere_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o filio_fw-la dei_fw-la august_n de_fw-mi ago_o christiano_n his_o father_n he_o espouse_v it_o and_o unite_v it_o to_o himself_o with_o a_o band_n indissoluble_a put_v it_o into_o the_o possession_n of_o all_o his_o greatness_n to_o surcharge_n himself_o with_o its_o misery_n this_o be_v it_o which_o be_v so_o notable_o describe_v by_o the_o prophet_n ezechiel_n when_o he_o set_v before_o our_o eye_n a_o miserable_a ungracious_a wretch_n cast_v forth_o upon_o the_o face_n of_o the_o earth_n wallow_v in_o ordure_n abandon_v to_o all_o sort_n of_o injury_n and_o scorn_n who_o the_o prince_n of_o glory_n look_v on_o with_o his_o 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