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god_n she_o be_v wealthy_a that_o be_v wealthy_a in_o christ_n those_o be_v true_a riches_n which_o be_v spiritual_a divine_a and_o heavenly_a which_o lead_v we_o to_o god_n which_o remain_v with_o we_o in_o perpetual_a possession_n in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n but_o whatsoever_o earthly_a thing_n we_o have_v receive_v in_o the_o world_n and_o must_v leave_v here_o with_o the_o world_n must_v as_o easy_o be_v contemn_v as_o the_o world_n itself_o be_v contemn_v who_o pomp_n and_o delight_n we_o have_v already_o renounce_v this_o temperance_n when_o god_n servant_n have_v by_o these_o reason_n settle_v in_o himself_o it_o equal_v his_o mind_n to_o his_o mean_n when_o it_o can_v bring_v his_o mean_n to_o his_o mind_n it_o make_v he_o well_o content_v with_o what_o he_o have_v when_o he_o can_v have_v what_o he_o rather_o will_v have_v 6._o de_fw-fr laelitia_fw-la et_fw-la tristitianascitur_fw-la temperantia_fw-la cvius_fw-la est_fw-la tristitia_fw-la causae_fw-la laelitia_fw-la fructus_fw-la temperata_fw-la laetitia_fw-la nihil_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la temperantia_fw-la est_fw-la ber._n par_fw-fr et_fw-fr var._n serm_n 6._o s._n bernard_n inform_v we_o that_o temperance_n be_v breed_v of_o cheerfulness_n and_o heaviness_n the_o cause_n of_o it_o be_v heaviness_n the_o fruit_n be_v cheerfulness_n so_o that_o temperance_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o well_o temper_a cheerfulness_n the_o godly_a man_n temperance_n purge_v his_o heart_n and_o so_o teach_v he_o the_o right_a and_o moderate_a use_n of_o all_o god_n creature_n in_o his_o body_n so_o that_o as_o a_o good_a stomach_n turn_v the_o hard_a meat_n into_o nourishment_n whereas_o a_o weak_a one_o turn_v the_o choice_n of_o meat_n into_o disease_n so_o the_o temperate_a heart_n feed_v the_o body_n with_o the_o hard_a estate_n whereas_o the_o intemperate_a man_n ruin_v his_o soul_n and_o body_n with_o his_o wealth_n bernard_n on_o that_o place_n in_o the_o 90._o psalm_n thou_o shall_v tread_v upon_o the_o asp_n and_o the_o basilisk_n and_o shall_v trample_v under_o foot_n the_o lion_n and_o the_o dragon_n gloss_n thus_o the_o lion_n will_v roar_v who_o will_v not_o be_v afraid_a if_o there_o shall_v be_v find_v any_o such_o he_o shall_v be_v style_v a_o valiant_a man_n but_o when_o the_o lion_n be_v frustrate_a of_o his_o purpose_n there_o be_v a_o dragon_n hide_v in_o the_o sand_n that_o by_o his_o poison_a breath_n he_o may_v taint_v the_o soul_n breathe_v into_o it_o as_o it_o be_v the_o concupiscence_n of_o earthly_a thing_n who_o think_v thou_o shall_v escape_v his_o deceit_n no_o man_n sure_o but_o a_o wise_a man_n but_o peradventure_o while_o thou_o be_v afraid_a to_o come_v down_o to_o these_o lure_n somebody_o urge_v thou_o with_o trouble_n and_o lo_o forthwith_o the_o asp_n be_v present_a for_o he_o think_v he_o have_v get_v a_o convenient_a time_n for_o himself_o who_o will_v not_o be_v exasperate_v by_o this_o ape_n ista_fw-la quis_fw-la non_fw-la exas_fw-la perabitur_fw-la ab_fw-la aspide_fw-la ista_fw-la sure_o the_o temperate_a and_o moderate_a man_n who_o know_v how_o to_o abound_v and_o how_o to_o suffer_v penury_n i_o suppose_v that_o upon_o this_o occasion_n the_o ill_a flatter_a wicked_a eye_n will_v endeavour_v to_o bewitch_v thou_o who_o will_v turn_v away_o his_o eye_n true_o the_o just_a man_n will_v who_o not_o only_o will_v not_o himself_o take_v the_o glory_n which_o be_v god_n but_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o receive_v it_o 14._o ber._n in_o ps_n 90_o ser_n 14._o when_o it_o be_v offer_v he_o by_o another_o the_o temperate_a man_n than_o avoyd_v all_o these_o different_a snare_n and_o so_o give_v satisfaction_n to_o himself_o i_o will_v conclude_v this_o mean_n with_o s._n augustine_n exclamation_n and_o commendation_n of_o temperance_n 31._o o_o magna_fw-la et_fw-la admirabilis_fw-la abstiâ—â—ntiae_fw-la virtus_fw-la per_fw-la quam_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la animarum_fw-la salus_fw-la agitur_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la corporum_fw-la sanitaspossidetur_fw-la aug._n ad_fw-la frat_fw-la in_o eremo_fw-la ser_n 31._o o_o great_a and_o admirable_a virtue_n of_o abstinence_n whereby_o not_o only_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v preserve_v but_o also_o the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n be_v possess_v and_o what_o can_v a_o man_n require_v more_o to_o be_v able_a to_o give_v satisfaction_n to_o himself_o then_o safety_n of_o soul_n with_o health_n of_o body_n the_o sixth_o mean_v whereby_o a_o good_a man_n be_v enable_v to_o give_v satisfaction_n to_o himself_o be_v patience_n it_o be_v a_o companion_n of_o godliness_n it_o be_v a_o way_n whereby_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n turn_v away_o many_o trouble_n from_o themselves_o patience_n patience_n which_o foolhardy_a man_n bring_v upon_o themselves_o by_o their_o peevish_a hastiness_n the_o firmness_n of_o patience_n say_v bernard_n be_v a_o staff_n send_v ber._n send_v whereby_o the_o rage_n of_o wolf_n be_v keep_v off_o yet_o let_v the_o servant_n of_o god_n be_v as_o patient_a as_o he_o can_v he_o can_v turn_v away_o all_o trouble_n from_o himself_o patience_n therefore_o stand_v he_o in_o good_a stead_n also_o when_o trouble_n be_v come_v upon_o he_o it_o make_v he_o owner_n of_o his_o own_o soul_n 21.19_o luke_n 21.19_o in_o your_o patience_n possess_v you_o your_o soul_n faith_n our_o bless_a saviour_n upon_o which_o word_n of_o he_o 10_o â—ustos_fw-la omnium_fw-la virlutum_fw-la patientia_fw-la est_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la animas_fw-la quae_fw-la cor_fw-la pus_fw-la possident_fw-la pes_fw-la sidemus_fw-la cum_fw-la iâ—_n sas_fw-la animas_fw-la ad_fw-la patiendum_fw-la ratione_fw-la regimus_fw-la vnde_fw-la beda_n sic_fw-la conditi_fw-la mirabiliter_fw-la sumus_fw-la ut_fw-la ratio_fw-la animam_fw-la et_fw-la anima_fw-la possideat_fw-la corpus_fw-la ius_n verò_fw-la animae_fw-la a_o corporis_fw-la possessione_n praepeditur_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la priûs_fw-la anima_fw-la aratione_fw-la possidetur_fw-la lud._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr christi_fw-la part_n 2._o cap._n 39_o not_o 9_o 10_o ludolphus_n thus_o dilate_v patience_n be_v the_o keeper_n of_o all_o virtue_n by_o which_o we_o do_v possess_v our_o soul_n which_o do_v possess_v our_o body_n when_o we_o do_v by_o reason_n dispose_v our_o own_o soul_n to_o suffering_n but_o he_o that_o be_v impatient_a possess_v not_o his_o own_o soul_n because_o he_o can_v restrain_v the_o fury_n and_o anger_n of_o his_o own_o heart_n whereupon_o bede_n say_v we_o be_v so_o wonderful_o frame_v that_o reason_n ought_v to_o possess_v the_o soul_n and_o the_o soul_n the_o body_n but_o the_o right_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v hinder_v from_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o body_n if_o the_o soul_n be_v not_o first_o possess_v by_o reason_n the_o lord_n therefore_o have_v show_v we_o that_o patience_n be_v the_o keeper_n of_o our_o condition_n because_o it_o have_v teach_v we_o how_o to_o possess_v our_o own_o self_n those_o thing_n then_o which_o be_v troublesome_a to_o wicked_a man_n be_v not_o so_o to_o a_o good_a man_n because_o his_o patience_n make_v heavy_a burden_n light_n to_o this_o end_n he_o consider_v of_o many_o thing_n to_o make_v he_o patient_a he_o ruminate_v upon_o the_o original_n of_o all_o affliction_n and_o remember_v that_o they_o come_v from_o heaven_n he_o endure_v they_o patient_o because_o he_o will_v be_v loath_a to_o be_v find_v a_o fighter_n against_o god_n he_o resolve_v with_o david_n 39.9_o psalm_n 39.9_o i_o will_v be_v dumb_a and_o not_o open_v my_o mouth_n because_o thou_o do_v it_o o_o lord_n he_o proceed_v in_o his_o meditation_n to_o the_o progress_n of_o all_o trouble_n fruor_fw-la psalm_n 32.6_o oportet_fw-la paetienter_fw-la ferri_fw-la quod_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la feslinanter_n auferri_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr temp._n ser._n 223._o utrumque_fw-la es_fw-la mihi_fw-la domine_fw-la jesu_fw-la et_fw-la speculum_fw-la patiendi_fw-la et_fw-la praeâ—nium_fw-la patien_n eye_n trabe_fw-la i_o post_fw-la te_fw-la libenter_fw-la te_fw-la sequor_fw-la libentiâ—â—_n fruor_fw-la remember_v that_o they_o be_v call_v water_n and_o therefore_o will_v have_v their_o tide_n neither_o will_v they_o ebb_v till_o they_o have_v do_v flow_v he_o agree_v with_o augustine_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o bear_v that_o with_o patience_n which_o can_v be_v take_v away_o in_o haste_n he_o look_v back_o to_o the_o most_o famous_a pattern_n of_o patience_n that_o ever_o man_n eye_n behold_v in_o man_n and_o cry_v out_o with_o bernard_n thou_o be_v to_o i_o o_o lord_n jesus_n both_o a_o mirror_n of_o patience_n and_o a_o reward_n when_o i_o be_o patient_a draw_v i_o after_o thou_o i_o will_v follow_v thou_o willing_o and_o enjoy_v thou_o more_o willing_o 79._o si_fw-mi sic_fw-la bone_fw-la er_fw-mi domine_fw-la sequentious_a te_fw-la qualis_fw-la futurus_fw-la es_fw-la assequentibus_fw-la te_fw-la ber._n in_o cant._n ser._n 47._o paena_fw-la de_fw-la adversis_fw-la mundi_fw-la ille_fw-la senit_fw-la cuiet_a laetitia_fw-la et_fw-la gloriae_fw-la omnis_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la est_fw-la i_o will_v maeree_v et_fw-la deflet_fw-la si_fw-la sibi_fw-la malè_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o seculo_fw-la cvi_fw-la bene_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la