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speak_v derive_v its_o pedigree_n from_o god_n we_o read_v of_o rich_a glorious_a promise_n of_o royal_a prerogative_n of_o truth_n and_o peace_n and_o mercy_n which_o come_v by_o jesus_n christ_n but_o all_o these_o be_v like_o the_o physician_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o purge_v and_o cleanse_v we_o from_o the_o gross_a and_o corrupt_a humour_n rather_o than_o full_a diet_n to_o feed_v we_o up_o to_o that_o bulk_n that_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o wield_v and_o move_v ourselves_o in_o any_o order_n the_o gospel_n be_v from_o heaven_n but_o we_o be_v of_o the_o earth_n earthy_a these_o prerogative_n be_v grant_n not_o reward_n and_o truth_n and_o mercy_n be_v not_o the_o work_n of_o our_o hand_n but_o the_o purchase_n of_o our_o saviour_n quantò_fw-la magìs_fw-la lumen_fw-la gratiae_fw-la respicimus_fw-la the_o more_o steadfast_o we_o look_v upon_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n tantò_fw-la magìs_fw-la nos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la reprehèndimus_fw-la say_v the_o devout_a schoolman_n the_o more_o light_n we_o have_v the_o more_o we_o see_v our_o own_o want_n and_o impotency_n and_o so_o become_v the_o more_o vile_a in_o our_o own_o eye_n let_v 6._o 2_o pet._n 1._o 5_o 6._o we_o join_v virtue_n with_o faith_n and_o with_o virtue_n knowledge_n and_o with_o knowledge_n temperance_n and_o with_o temperance_n patience_n yet_o none_o of_o these_o not_o all_o these_o of_o their_o own_o nature_n can_v produce_v any_o such_o effect_n as_o to_o make_v we_o be_v in_o love_n with_o ourselves_o or_o to_o raise_v we_o to_o that_o height_n as_o to_o overlook_v not_o only_a ourselves_o but_o our_o brethren_n be_v these_o virtue_n true_o we_o or_o be_v we_o do_v they_o appear_v to_o we_o in_o their_o own_o native_a shape_n they_o will_v discover_v unto_o we_o that_o the_o way_n to_o happiness_n be_v as_o the_o eye_n of_o a_o needle_n through_o which_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o man_n of_o gross_a and_o overgrow_a conceit_n to_o enter_v the_o cause_n then_o of_o this_o disease_n 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prerogative_n which_o of_o themselves_o can_v make_v we_o good_a but_o piety_n and_o patience_n and_o holiness_n do_v swell_v and_o puff_n we_o up_o that_o good_a which_o make_v we_o good_a which_o name_v we_o good_a be_v that_o by_o which_o we_o be_v make_v evil_a and_o all_o this_o proceed_v from_o our_o own_o wilful_a error_n and_o mistake_n for_o pride_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o ignorance_n say_v theodoret._n be_v we_o not_o deceive_v with_o false_a vision_n and_o apparition_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o either_o our_o eye_n shall_v be_v haughty_a or_o our_o neck_n stiff_o the_o philosopher_n will_v tell_v we_o that_o object_n present_v themselves_o unto_o we_o like_o those_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o mathematical_a body_n which_o have_v many_o side_n and_o they_o who_o see_v one_o side_n think_v all_o be_v like_o it_o or_o the_o very_a same_o we_o see_v the_o gospel_n ex_fw-la uno_fw-la situ_fw-la but_o on_o one_o side_n or_o as_o seneca_n speak_v ex_fw-la adverso_fw-la on_o the_o wrong_a side_n we_o see_v it_o picture_v in_o glory_n but_o not_o in_o vengeance_n it_o appear_v to_o we_o in_o a_o shape_n of_o mercy_n not_o as_o it_o carry_v fire_n before_o it_o to_o consume_v we_o we_o behold_v christ_n as_o a_o saviour_n not_o as_o a_o lord_n we_o entertain_v prerogative_n as_o prerogative_n and_o no_o more_o and_o never_o look_v on_o the_o other_o side_n where_o the_o obligation_n be_v draw_v we_o comtemplate_v virtue_n as_o the_o work_n of_o our_o own_o hand_n but_o be_v blind_a to_o those_o imperfection_n which_o they_o bear_v in_o their_o very_a forehead_n nay_o our_o sin_n present_v themselves_o before_o we_o but_o colour_v and_o paint_v over_o with_o the_o prerogative_n of_o mercy_n and_o forgiveness_n we_o consider_v ourselves_o as_o branch_n graft_v in_o but_o can_v see_v the_o tu_fw-la excidêris_fw-la that_o we_o may_v be_v cut_v off_o we_o consider_v our_o strength_n not_o our_o weakness_n but_o can_v we_o totum_fw-la rerum_fw-la conceptum_fw-la exhaurire_fw-la take-in_a the_o whole_a conceit_n of_o our_o way_n and_o apprehend_v our_o action_n in_o their_o full_a be_v and_o essence_n without_o those_o unnatural_a shadow_n and_o gloss_n our_o mind_n will_v be_v as_o even_o as_o the_o sea_n when_o no_o wind_n trouble_v it_o and_o not_o raise_v those_o bubble_n which_o be_v lose_v in_o the_o make_n nor_o those_o rage_a wave_n which_o foam_n out_o nothing_o but_o our_o shame_n but_o be_v thus_o lighten_v of_o our_o burden_n by_o error_n every_o puff_n of_o wind_n lift_v we_o up_o above_o our_o sin_n above_o the_o mutability_n of_o our_o nature_n above_o ourselves_o and_o above_o god_n himself_o a_o prerogative_n which_o be_v but_o a_o breath_n a_o appearance_n of_o virtue_n which_o be_v but_o a_o shadow_n our_o own_o conceit_n which_o be_v vainty_a set_v we_o in_o our_o altitude_n where_o the_o hand_n of_o mercy_n can_v reach_v we_o but_o a_o hand_n of_o vengeance_n hover_v over_o we_o which_o when_o 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thyself_o what_o thou_o mean_v when_o thou_o be_v to_o thyself_o a_o barbarian_a how_o can_v thy_o soul_n parley_v with_o thy_o god_n in_o such_o a_o fair_a and_o concourse_n of_o evil_a thought_n how_o can_v thou_o ask_v a_o blessing_n from_o the_o father_n which_o be_v now_o in_o heaven_n when_o thou_o have_v so_o many_o companion_n about_o thou_o from_o the_o earth_n earthly_a thou_o ask_v for_o bread_n but_o thou_o desire_v a_o stone_n thou_o ask_v for_o grace_n but_o thy_o mind_n be_v on_o riches_n thou_o ask_v fish_n but_o thy_o hand_n be_v reach_v out_o to_o that_o serpent_n which_o will_v sting_v thou_o to_o death_n it_o may_v be_v say_v unto_o thou_o as_o st._n hierome_n once_o say_v to_o his_o friend_n when_o he_o find_v he_o in_o ill_a company_n what_o make_v you_o in_o such_o a_o troop_n what_o do_v thou_o on_o thy_o knee_n when_o so_o many_o loose_a thought_n round_o thou_o about_o what_o shall_v a_o beadsman_n do_v in_o such_o a_o throng_n but_o this_o miserable_a man_n that_o we_o be_v many_o time_n befall_v we_o because_o we_o do_v not_o retire_v and_o call_v our_o thought_n out_o of_o the_o world_n it_o be_v true_a that_o devotion_n may_v mingle_v itself_o with_o the_o common_a action_n of_o our_o life_n arator_fw-la ad_fw-la stivam_fw-la halleluiah_n cantat_fw-la the_o ploughman_n may_v sing_v a_o halleluiah_n at_o the_o plow-tail_n he_o may_v collect_v some_o sacred_a colloquie_n serere_fw-la ne_fw-fr metuas_fw-la if_o i_o miss_v this_o season_n i_o shall_v have_v no_o harvest_n if_o i_o remember_v not_o god_n in_o my_o youth_n he_o will_v forsake_v i_o in_o my_o age_n and_o god_n hear_v from_o heaven_n that_o prayer_n of_o he_o which_o he_o make_v with_o his_o bow_n or_o hammer_v in_o his_o hand_n but_o yet_o many_o time_n in_o the_o affair_n of_o our_o life_n there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o dust_n gather_v which_o soyl_v and_o darken_v the_o brightness_n of_o our_o devotion_n which_o when_o we_o have_v brush_v off_o by_o sequester_v our_o 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be_v lift_v three_o foot_n above_o the_o ground_n and_o he_o that_o write_v the_o life_n of_o st._n bernard_n report_v it_o of_o he_o that_o he_o be_v so_o give_v to_o prayer_n and_o meditation_n that_o live_v a_o whole_a year_n in_o his_o cell_n or_o chamber_n in_o a_o monastery_n when_o he_o come_v forth_o he_o know_v not_o whether_o it_o be_v ciel_v or_o no_o and_o when_o there_o be_v several_a window_n in_o it_o obvious_a to_o the_o eye_n he_o think_v there_o have_v be_v but_o one_o in_o these_o whether_o fable_n or_o truth_n this_o truth_n be_v point_v to_o that_o when_o we_o tender_v our_o prayer_n to_o god_n we_o shall_v abstract_a ourselves_o from_o ourselves_o and_o from_o the_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n that_o we_o shall_v not_o come_v to_o he_o till_o we_o have_v cast_v our_o care_n &_o our_o thought_n behind_o we_o the_o beads-mans_n motto_n be_v non_fw-fr aliud_fw-la nunc_fw-la curo_fw-la quam_fw-la ne_fw-fr curem_fw-la i_o have_v but_o one_o care_n in_o this_o world_n and_o that_o be_v that_o i_o may_v never_o have_v more_o when_o i_o call_v upon_o god_n god_n do_v as_o it_o be_v put_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o beckon_v to_o i_o to_o escape_v from_o the_o world_n not_o to_o be_v multiplex_n &_o varium_fw-la animal_n not_o to_o divide_v and_o distract_v myself_o and_o part_v myself_o out_o to_o variety_n of_o object_n but_o be_v one_o in_o myself_o that_o i_o may_v be_v one_o with_o he_o the_o psalmist_n pray_v unto_o god_n psal_n 86._o 11._o unite_v my_o heart_n to_o fear_v thy_o name_n the_o vulgar_a render_v it_o laetetur_fw-la cor_n meum_fw-la let_v my_o heart_n rejoice_v hierome_n out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n unicum_fw-la fac_n cor_n meum_fw-la make_v my_o heart_n one_o and_o alone_o and_o so_o symmachus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v the_o same_o aquila_n sit_v cor_n meum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d let_v my_o heart_n be_v alone_o let_v it_o be_v more_o retire_v and_o seclude_v from_o the_o world_n than_o any_o monk_n that_o 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