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ipsius_fw-la pisc._n in_o loc._n victurosque_fw-la dii_o celant_fw-la ut_fw-la vivere_fw-la durent_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la futurae_fw-la resurrectionis_fw-la illustre_fw-it habemus_fw-la specimen_fw-la cal._n in_o loc._n quae_fw-la ardenter_fw-la diligimus_fw-la habita_fw-la graviter_fw-la suspiramus_fw-la amissa_fw-la greg._n mor._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nec_fw-la enim_fw-la pudet_fw-la sanctos_fw-la viros_fw-la postquam_fw-la renovata_fw-la corda_fw-la fuerint_fw-la per_fw-la resipiscentiam_fw-la lapsus_fw-la svi_fw-la &_o dedecoris_fw-la ad_fw-la dei_fw-la gloriam_fw-la meminisse_fw-la nihil_fw-la nobis_fw-la decedit_fw-la quod_fw-la cedit_fw-la in_o illius_fw-la honorem_fw-la brightman_n in_o cant._n cap._n 1._o ver_fw-la 4._o pag._n 11._o cumque_fw-la ille_fw-la nominasset_fw-la arcam_fw-la dei_fw-la q_o d._n nondum_fw-la integram_fw-la sed_fw-la inchoatam_fw-la audience_n narrationem_fw-la ment_fw-la praevolans_fw-la &_o exitum_fw-la presagiens_fw-la ruebat_fw-la meneoz_fw-mi in_o loc._n tristitia_fw-la mundi_fw-la est_fw-la tristitia_fw-la secundum_fw-la mundum_fw-la quae_fw-la ex_fw-la amore_fw-la mundi_fw-la nascitur_fw-la estius_n in_o loc._n loc._n haec_fw-la tibi_fw-la scribo_fw-la qui_fw-la tam_fw-la immodice_fw-la flevi_fw-la ut_fw-la quod_fw-la minime_fw-la velim_fw-la inter_fw-la exempla_fw-la sim_fw-la eorum_fw-la quos_fw-la dolour_n vicit_fw-la hodie_fw-la tamen_fw-la factum_fw-la meum_fw-la damno_fw-la seneca_n ep._n 63._o p._n mihi_fw-la 637._o 637._o in_o est_fw-la quidam_fw-la dulce_fw-la tristitiae_fw-la cum_fw-la occurant_fw-mi sermon_n eorum_fw-la jucundi_fw-la conversatio_fw-la hilaris_fw-la officiosa_fw-la pietas_fw-la tunc_fw-la occuli_fw-la velut_fw-la in_o gaudio_fw-la relaxantur_fw-la sen._n ep._n 806._o exit_fw-la eorum_fw-la more_fw-it qui_fw-la luctus_fw-la svi_fw-la irritamenta_fw-la querunt_fw-la calv._n nil_fw-la miserius_fw-la misero_fw-la non_fw-la miser_n ante_fw-la seipsum_fw-la senecas_fw-la epist._n p._n 84._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d erant_fw-la amaritudo_fw-la animi_fw-la plut._n moral_a p._n 222._o aequo_fw-la animo_fw-la excipenecessaria_fw-la quam_fw-la multi_fw-la post_fw-la luctum_fw-la tuum_fw-la lugent_fw-la sen._n ep._n 99_o seneca_n ep._n 804._o car._n in_o loc._n habui_fw-la enim_fw-la illos_fw-la tanquam_fw-la amissurus_fw-la amisi_fw-la tanquam_fw-la habeam_fw-la seneca_n ep._n 63._o melchior_n adam_n in_o vita_fw-la luth._o aug._n ep._n 6._o vide_fw-la english_a annotation_n in_o loc._n fulfil_v of_o the_o scripture_n p._n 491._o m._n m._n his_o appendix_n to_o solomon_n prescription_n p._n 112._o the_o fulfil_n of_o the_o scripture_n quem_fw-la amabas_fw-la extulisti_fw-la quaere_fw-la quem_fw-la ames_o satius_fw-la est_fw-la amicum_fw-la reparare_fw-la quam_fw-la flere_fw-la seneca_n ep._n p._n 637._o melchior_n adam_n in_o vita_fw-la lutheri_fw-la vide_fw-la mr._n baxter_n epistle_n to_o the_o life_n of_o mr._n john_n janeway_n non_fw-la amittuntur_fw-la sed_fw-la praemittuntur_fw-la epict._n enchiri_fw-la cap._n 15._o