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A22838 A heavenly treasure of confortable meditations and prayers written by S. Augustin, Bishop of Hyppon in three seuerall treatises of his meditations, soliloquies, and manual. Faithfully translated into English by the R. F. Antony Batt monke, of the holy order of S Bennet of the Congregation of England; De meditatione. English. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.; Batt, Antonie. 1624 (1624) STC 934; ESTC S101507 162,145 412

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weaken_v my_o body_n and_o course_n clothing_n subdue_v my_o flesh_n let_v travail_n trouble_v i_o and_o watch_v dry_v i_o up_o to_o nothing_o let_v other_o exclaim_v against_o i_o let_v this_o or_o that_o man_n disquiet_a and_o molest_v i_o let_v cold_a make_v i_o crooked_a let_v my_o conscience_n murmur_v against_o i_o let_v heat_n scourse_v i_o let_v my_o body_n be_v grieve_v my_o breast_n inflame_v my_o stomach_n puff_v up_o with_o wind_n my_o countenance_n win_v and_o wither_v let_v i_o be_v whole_o afflict_v with_o sickness_n let_v my_o life_n consume_v away_o in_o sadness_n and_o my_o year_n in_o sigh_n and_o sorrowfullnes_n let_v rottenness_n enter_v into_o my_o bone_n and_o