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pharaob_n herod_n and_o all_o such_o like_a that_o there_o be_v no_o great_a wisdom_n in_o the_o world_n than_o to_o be_v a_o honest_a man_n to_o be_v fortune_n senec._n ep_v 118._o sapere_fw-la sapientiae_fw-la usus_fw-la est_fw-la sicut_fw-la oculorum_fw-la videre_fw-la 1._o conclusion_n against_o those_o who_o curse_v fortune_n wise_a be_v to_o use_v wisdom_n and_o to_o make_v it_o serve_v for_o direction_n as_o the_o eye_n for_o sight_n 5._o let_v we_o draw_v three_o concusion_n from_o these_o three_o proposition_n we_o have_v deduce_v the_o first_o whereof_o shall_v be_v never_o to_o do_v like_o those_o vulgar_a &_o abject_a soul_n which_o be_v to_o curse_v and_o detest_v our_o condition_n and_o fortune_n as_o it_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o some_o false_a divinity_n and_o not_o a_o divine_a providence_n remember_v daily_o within_o yourself_o those_o word_n nothing_o be_v do_v one_o the_o earth_n without_o cause_n god_n have_v dispose_v all_o with_o weight_n and_o measure_n 11._o nihil_fw-la in_o terrá_fw-fr sine_fw-la causâ_fw-la
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