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be_v convert_v into_o it_o and_o thus_o thou_o shall_v be_v in_o i_o most_o happy_a and_o i_o content_a in_o thou_o in_o the_o end_n after_o this_o thou_o shall_v offer_v to_o god_n the_o father_n his_o son_n for_o thyself_o for_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o for_o the_o soul_n depart_v with_o the_o memory_n and_o union_n of_o that_o oblation_n which_o then_o he_o make_v of_o himself_o when_o he_o hang_v bloody_a upon_o the_o cross_n and_o thou_o may_v in_o this_o manner_n offer_v up_o all_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v offer_v up_o that_o day_n in_o the_o holy_a church_n of_o spiritual_a receive_v chap._n 31._o although_o thou_o can_v not_o receive_v thy_o saviour_n more_o than_o once_o a_o day_n sacramental_o notwithstanding_o thou_o may_v receive_v he_o spiritual_o every_o hour_n and_o moment_n and_o this_o can_v be_v take_v from_o any_o creature_n but_o by_o their_o own_o negligence_n or_o other_o voluntary_a fault_n and_o sometime_o it_o may_v prove_v that_o this_o spiritual_a 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