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be_v not_o thy_o inevitable_a 12.10_o inevitable_a 2_o cor._n 12.10_o weakness_n nor_o thy_o sensible_a dulness_n 14.38.40_o dulness_n mar._n 14.38.40_o nor_o thy_o lament_a roaving_n 86.11_o roaving_n psal_n 86.11_o nor_o thy_o oppose_a distraction_n 15.11_o distraction_n gen._n 15.11_o nor_o thy_o mistake_a unbelief_n 5.13_o unbelief_n 1_o john_n 5.13_o it_o be_v not_o any_o nor_o all_o these_o can_v shut_v out_o thy_o prayer_n if_o thou_o do_v not_o regard_v â—8_o regard_v psal_n 66._o â—8_o iniquity_n in_o thy_o heart_n therefore_o be_v encourage_v '_o â—is_n the_o voice_n of_o your_o belove_a that_o say_v 24._o say_v john_n 16.23_o 24._o very_o very_o i_o say_v unto_o you_o whatsoever_o you_o shall_v ask_v the_o father_n in_o my_o name_n he_o will_v give_v it_o you_o hitherto_o have_v you_o ask_v nothing_o to_o what_o you_o may_v ask_v in_o my_o name_n ask_v and_o you_o shall_v receive_v that_o your_o joy_n may_v be_v full_a but_o this_o and_o the_o two_o next_o rule_n will_v be_v speak_v to_o in_o the_o follow_a case_n i_o shall_v therefore_o but_o little_o more_o than_o name_v they_o vi_o let_v every_o action_n have_v reference_n unto_o your_o whole_a life_n and_o not_o unto_o a_o part_n only_o 3._o only_o episcop_n inst_z theol_fw-it l._n 1._o c._n 1._o p._n 3._o propose_v some_o end_n to_o yourselves_o in_o every_o thing_n 685._o thing_n si_fw-mi aliquem_fw-la excuntem_fw-la domo_fw-la interrogaveris_fw-la quo_fw-la tu_fw-la quid_fw-la cogitas_fw-la respondebit_fw-la tibi_fw-la non_fw-la mehercule_fw-la scio_fw-la sed_fw-la aliquos_fw-la videbo_fw-la aliquid_fw-la agam_fw-la cursus_fw-la est_fw-la qualis_fw-la formicis_fw-la per_fw-la arbusta_fw-la repentibus_fw-la quae_fw-la in_o summum_fw-la cacumen_fw-la deinde_fw-la in_o imum_fw-la inane_n aguntur_fw-la domum_fw-la cum_fw-la super_fw-la vacua_fw-la redeuntes_fw-la lassitudine_fw-la iurant_fw-la nescisse_fw-la se_fw-la psos_fw-la quaâ—e_fw-la exierint_fw-la seneca_n the_o tranquil_a c._n 12._o p._n 685._o 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in_o his_o hand_n then_o in_o we_o viii_o be_v every_o way_n nothing_o in_o your_o own_o eye_n praed_fw-we eye_n descendendo_fw-la coelum_fw-la ascenditur_fw-la drexel_n de_fw-mi praed_fw-we it_o be_v the_o humble_a soul_n that_o thrive_v exceed_o and_o alas_o what_o have_v we_o to_o be_v proud_a 1078._o proud_a vnde_fw-la superbit_fw-la homo_fw-la cujus_fw-la conceptio_fw-la culpa_fw-la nasci_fw-la poena_fw-la labour_n vita_fw-la necesse_fw-la mori_fw-la quando_fw-la vel_fw-la quomodo_fw-la vel_fw-la ubi_fw-la nescire_fw-la bernard_n de_fw-fr inter_fw-la dom_n c._n 53._o mallem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la talis_fw-la esse_fw-la ibid._n c._n 33._o accuso_fw-la i_o non_fw-la excuso_fw-la nec_fw-la idcirco_fw-la iustùs_fw-la sum_fw-la quoniamsi_fw-la alter_fw-la ita_fw-la mea_fw-la accusaret_fw-la sicut_fw-la ego_fw-la meipsum_fw-la accuso_fw-la patient_fw-la sustinere_fw-la non_fw-la possem_fw-la ibid_fw-la c._n 34_o etc._n etc._n p._n 1078._o of_o look_v we_o either_o at_o 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