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proper_o be_v no_o other_o thing_n in_o st._n augustine_n opinion_n than_o a_o languish_a tepidity_n to_o produce_v the_o action_n of_o the_o spirit_n that_o put_v all_o the_o member_n of_o the_o flesh_n into_o a_o lethargy_n when_o there_o be_v question_n to_o obey_v the_o commandment_n of_o the_o soul_n this_o idleness_n become_v a_o tyrant_n if_o permit_v to_o command_v absolute_o and_o our_o proper_a feeling_n will_v become_v arm_n of_o iniquity_n 12._o languor_n iste_fw-la tyranus_fw-la est_fw-la si_fw-la vis_fw-la te_fw-la tiâ—anni_fw-la esse_fw-la victorem_fw-la christum_fw-la invoca_fw-la imperatorem_fw-la d._n aug._n verb._n apost_n serm_n 12._o if_o we_o have_v not_o recourse_n to_o the_o storehouse_n of_o the_o cross_n and_o take_v thence_o the_o shield_n of_o mortification_n on_o which_o jesus_n our_o true_a captain_n have_v receive_v their_o most_o violent_a attack_n have_v disable_v they_o thereby_o to_o teach_v we_o how_o to_o prevent_v their_o effect_n you_o will_v say_v that_o st._n cyprian_n intend_v to_o make_v of_o man_n a_o smith_n shop_n christi_fw-la caro_fw-la autem_fw-la sic_fw-la utitur_fw-la anima_fw-la sicut_fw-la faber_n maleo_fw-la vel_fw-la incude_n in_o qua_fw-la format_n omnium_fw-la turpitudinem_fw-la idola_fw-la d._n cypr._n in_o prologue_n tract_n de_fw-fr operibus_fw-la carn_v christi_fw-la the_o flesh_n be_v the_o smith_n his_o hammer_n be_v concupiscence_n he_o make_v of_o his_o soul_n a_o anvil_n the_o flesh_n arm_v with_o her_o concupiscence_n strike_v with_o both_o arm_n full_a stroke_n on_o our_o soul_n to_o forge_v therein_o the_o idol_n of_o pleasure_n and_o expose_v they_o to_o a_o public_a adoration_n and_o a_o little_a after_o fall_v from_o the_o analogy_n of_o that_o comparison_n he_o cast_v himself_o on_o another_o where_o he_o compare_v the_o flesh_n to_o circe_n the_o witch_n that_o mingle_v in_o her_o pottage_n a_o mortal_a poison_n ibid._n mens_fw-la ebria_fw-la corpus_fw-la contumeliis_fw-la applicat_fw-la 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