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noverat_fw-la nisi_fw-la barbarum_fw-la frendere_fw-la nunc_fw-la hobraeum_n didicit_fw-la alleluia_n cantare_fw-la greg._n whereby_o we_o englishmen_n be_v first_o convert_v from_o idolatry_n unto_o christ_n and_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o blood_n wash_v from_o the_o crime_n of_o our_o cruelty_n in_o the_o heavenly_a laver_n of_o purity_n this_o be_v the_o religion_n that_o do_v first_o banish_v from_o our_o mouth_n the_o uncouth_a name_n of_o panime_n god_n that_o teach_v we_o first_o to_o pronounce_v the_o save_a name_n of_o jesus_n by_o who_o mean_n the_o sweet_a alleluia_n begin_v first_o to_o be_v song_n in_o our_o street_n in_o hope_n of_o heavenly_a felicity_n this_o be_v the_o religion_n that_o for_o a_o thousand_o year_n together_o be_v the_o sole_a christian_a queen_n reign_v in_o all_o our_o catholic_a prince_n work_v in_o their_o heart_n knowledge_n and_o love_n of_o celestial_a thing_n &_o move_v their_o hand_n to_o leave_v monument_n of_o their_o piety_n memorial_n 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sin_n see_v even_o martyrdom_n itself_o the_o death_n most_o glorious_a of_o all_o other_o may_v be_v inflict_v as_o a_o punishment_n in_o this_o kind_n 6.14_o â—_o mach._n 6.14_o as_o the_o maccabee_n martyr_n say_v nos_fw-la propeccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la ista_fw-la patimur_fw-la at_o least_o they_o that_o suffer_v may_v &_o aught_o to_o make_v that_o account_n as_o s._n cyprian_n counsel_v decet_fw-la martyr_n verecundos_fw-la esse_fw-la martyr_n cyprian_a in_o exort_n martyr_n &_o supplicia_fw-la sva_fw-la peccatis_fw-la ascribere_fw-la &_o non_fw-la se_fw-la de_fw-fr passione_n iactare_fw-la wherefore_o these_o wound_a catholic_a man_n and_o woman_n suppose_v in_o christian_a humility_n this_o to_o have_v be_v the_o stroke_n of_o god_n hand_n for_o their_o sin_n how_o proper_o may_v one_o of_o they_o have_v turn_v unto_o the_o puritan_n with_o the_o word_n of_o holy_a job_n 22._o job._n 19_o 22._o have_v pity_n have_v pity_n on_o i_o for_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n have_v strike_v 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job._n 19.22_o innocent_a from_o sin_n pure_a from_o misery_n yourselves_o yea_o rather_o why_o do_v you_o pursue_v i_o as_o if_o you_o be_v more_o than_o god_n either_o more_o wife_n to_o apprehend_v or_o more_o zealous_a to_o detest_v or_o more_o strong_a to_o revenge_v the_o greatness_n of_o my_o sin_n that_o whereas_o he_o after_o punishment_n have_v set_v i_o free_a you_o to_o fill_v up_o the_o suppose_a defect_n of_o his_o judgement_n will_v come_v upon_o i_o with_o a_o new_a supply_n of_o your_o stroke_n have_v pity_n have_v pity_n on_o i_o for_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n have_v strike_v i_o but_o these_o word_n will_v not_o have_v move_v merciless_a heart_n and_o so_o those_o distress_a soul_n may_v better_v as_o perchance_o they_o do_v lift_v up_o their_o eye_n unto_o god_n in_o holy_a david_n his_o complaint_n 78.27_o psa_fw-la 78.27_o quem_fw-la tu_fw-la percussisti_fw-la persecuti_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o super_fw-la dolorem_fw-la vulnerum_fw-la meorum_fw-la addiderunt_fw-la 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thy_o anger_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v be_v as_o fierce_a as_o the_o she-bear_a that_o have_v lose_v her_o whelp_n 13.8_o osee_n 13.8_o whence_o we_o may_v gather_v how_o wild_a and_o savage_a they_o be_v that_o will_v stone_n they_o to_o death_n that_o come_v bleed_v from_o under_o the_o hand_n of_o thy_o terrible_a anger_n who_o thou_o have_v struken_v they_o pursue_v and_o add_v new_a grief_n unto_o my_o wound_n but_o shall_v such_o cruelty_n pass_v without_o punishment_n no._n they_o shall_v receive_v the_o great_a punishment_n that_o god_n in_o his_o implacable_a anger_n can_v lay_v upon_o man_n in_o this_o life_n which_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o word_n that_o next_o follow_v appone_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la super_fw-la iniquitatem_fw-la eorum_fw-la &_o non_fw-la intrent_fw-la in_o iustitiam_fw-la tuam_fw-la deleantur_fw-la de_fw-la libro_fw-la viventium_fw-la 68.28.29_o psal_n 68.28.29_o &_o cum_fw-la iustis_fw-la non_fw-la scribantur_fw-la lay_v upon_o they_o iniquity_n 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